MUDD is an initiative started by the Archbishop of Naples don Mimmo Battaglia, born during the World Youth Day 2022.
The mission of the Diffused Diocesan Museum is to give back to the city its artistic-religious heritage, creating job opportunities for young people. In this perspective, places of worship become spaces of participation for the entire community, where culture, spirituality and social development can meet.
«MUDD represents a deep and participatory vision of the city, an opportunity to reawaken in Neapolitans, and particularly in young people, the connection with their cultural and spiritual roots».
Archbishop of Naples Card. don Mimmo Battaglia
Thanks to MUDD and the Naples C'entro Foundation, our office is the Historic Center of Naples. Here, we work every day to bring to light and tell the story of the splendor of the city's religious heritage.
The Foundation
The Diffused Diocesan Museum of Naples is made up of young Neapolitans, involved in a training and employment program, to create opportunities and enhance the artistic heritage.
The Objectives
The management model of MUDD – Diffused Diocesan Museum is based on the culture of gratuitousness and on involving the community in a common goal: promoting or encouraging youth employment through the recovery of cultural heritage.
The Culture of GivingMake Naples' religious heritage accessible and available to the public.
Provide training and employment to young people and strengthen their role in the management of cultural heritage.
Create a connection with the city through the involvement of the local community and visitors.
Develop a management model based on the culture of giving and community involvement.
The management model of MUDD - Diffused Diocesan Museum, promotes gratuitousness and the culture of giving. The cultural and social project undertaken by the Naples C'entro Foundation aims to involve the entire community, as it brings visitors closer to the works by inviting them to donate and share, and prepares young people to become guardians and promoters of Naples' cultural and identity heritage.
Thanks to the collaboration between the Church and the Third Sector, with the support of public and private institutions, MUDD becomes a possible challenge, which aims to make Naples' artistic and religious heritage an engine for growth.
Through a management method tested in the Rione Sanità district, the enhancement of cultural heritage is the starting point of a series of virtuous mechanisms that lead to:
Help us transform cultural and religious heritage into opportunities for young people.
Support MUDDThe Naples C'entro Foundation was established in 2024 on the initiative of the Archdiocese of Naples, to promote culture, social inclusion and enhancement of Naples' artistic heritage.
The Foundation coordinates and supports the MUDD – Diffused Diocesan Museum of Naples project, which was created with the aim of opening Naples' religious heritage to the public and creating new employment prospects for young Neapolitans.
Thanks to MUDD, many sacred places will reopen to the public. MUDD embraces the historic heart of Naples, made up of art, culture and traditions that deserve to be known, experienced and shared.
Each church that reopens is an opportunity to connect with Naples' history and spirituality, and can be revived as a center of culture, participation and innovation, thanks to the young people who take care of it.
Because this participatory foundation is open to everyone and concerns each of us. It welcomes anyone who wants to protect, enhance and bring to life our common heritage and support youth employment.
The Naples C'entro Foundation was established in 2024 on the initiative of the Archdiocese of Naples. It coordinates and supports the MUDD project, to combat youth unemployment and promote a sustainable development model.
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