On the occasion of the national family day at the museum, scheduled for Sunday 13 October 2019, museums and university collections await you with a rich program of initiatives.
MUSEUM OF PALAZZO POGGI
via Zamboni 33, Bologna
THERE WAS ONCE TO THE MUSEUM
After the guided tour of the museum to discover the ancient eighteenth-century laboratories of the Istituto delle Scienze, the children will create their own “pop-up museum”: a small booklet that can be taken home, containing the most important and representative objects of the Palazzo Museum Poggi At the same time, a guided tour of the Palazzo Poggi Museum Collections will be available for parents.
Sunday 13 October 2019, 10.30-12.30 am | BOOK
Free educational workshop for children aged 7 to 9 years.
COLLECTION OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY
via Selmi 3, Bologna
FANTASTIC FAMILIES AND WHERE TO FIND THEM!
Come and discover who the most caring mothers and fathers in the animal world are: they fast for weeks, face terrible predators and collaborate in the defense of their beloved puppies! After having deepened the courtship, the birth, the care and the anatomy of their children, we will create together a beautiful family album of animals that we will meet. Don’t forget to bring with you so much imagination, curiosity and desire to be together!
Sunday, October 13, 2019, 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | BOOK
Educational workshop for children aged 7 to 8 years.
ANTHROPOLOGY COLLECTION
via Selmi 3, Bologna
BUT WHAT IS MY PLACE?
Have you ever wondered where you come from and who your ancestors are? Together with your family you will be able to build the tree of human evolution and place its main protagonists there. The story of Homo sapiens is long and tortuous … Aren’t you curious to know your origins?
Remember to bring your photo ID!
Sunday 13 October 2019, 10.30-12.00 hours | BOOK
Educational workshop for families with children aged 7 to 9 years.
N.B. Make reservations only for participating children. Maximum number of accompanying adults: 2.
GEOLOGY COLLECTION “MUSEO GIOVANNI CAPELLINI”
via Zamboni 63, Bologna
LIVING MATTER!
Often fossils are observed and conceived only as evidence of the past unrelated to the present, yet many of them belong to our everyday life. Some prehistoric living beings, in fact, have continued to inhabit our planet, others have become extinct, others still “live” around us in the form of natural materials or works of art. With a guided tour of the Collections of the “Giovanni Capellini Museum” we will go to the discovery of those fossil remains that speak of them in the contemporary and, consequently, also of us.
Sunday, October 13, 2019, 3.00pm-4.30pm | BOOK
Guided tour for children, teenagers and adults
BOTANICAL GARDEN AND HERBARIUM
via Irnerio 42, Bologna
THERE WAS NO TIME ON THE MUSEUM!
In the Botanical Garden we see today plants that were not there when it was built at the beginning of the 1800s, and even less could they have been in the ancient Bolognese Garden of the mid-1500s. Why? Because these are exotic species introduced in Italy in more or less recent times! We will see some of them.
In case of rain, we will stay indoors talking about fruit, dried fruit, vegetables, aromatic herbs … Do you know that tomato is a fruit? And what peanuts grow underground? And what part of the plant will a celery stalk ever be? Where do the vegetables we eat come from? Could they have been in the ancient Bolognese garden?
Sunday 13 October 2019, 10.30-12.00 hours | BOOK
Guided tour for children, teenagers and adults.
N.B. Suitable footwear and clothing are recommended for outdoor stay and the possible presence of mud and wet grass. An insect repellent is also suggested, in case the tiger mosquito is still active.
