On the 160th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and the United States, the Embassy of Italy in Washington, D.C., in collaboration with the Historical Diplomatic Archive and the Library of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, presents a unique exhibition of historical documents on the beginning of diplomatic relations between Italy and the United States curated by Federica Onelli, State Archivist of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

This exhibition traces a particularly meaningful phase of the extraordinary path that led Italy and the United States to become fast friends, strong allies. A history made of political, diplomatic, economic, and cultural relations, of shared values and principles, as well as of continuous migratory flows between our countries.