Rome is about to host a museum unlike any other. Opening on November 20, the Museum of Patriarchy (MUPA) offers visitors a glimpse of how people in the year 2148 might look back on the long journey toward gender equality.
The initiative, created by ActionAid in collaboration with Italian actress Violante Placido, will feature objects, testimonies and cultural artifacts from the 20th and 21st centuries — evidence of behaviors and narratives that once reinforced male violence and inequality.
Set up in Spazio AlbumArte, the exhibition transforms into a time-travel experience through what will seem like a distant, outdated world: one where gender stereotypes, inequality and violence were still widespread. The year 2148 is symbolic — it marks the date when global gender parity is expected to be achieved, according to the latest Global Gender Gap Report.
MUPA will remain open until November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and will include talks, workshops and performances in partnership with women’s networks, associations and feminist collectives from across Italy.