Two centuries have passed since the first experiments of opening to the public of the scientific collections of the University of Bologna, which then coexisted with teaching at Palazzo Poggi.
La Specola , the most evocative and spectacular place of the Alma Mater, welcomed interested citizens like today, outside the circle of teachers and students. We must imagine, in that 1819, an already modern perception of the function of the Academic Museums, certainly indebted to the favorable Napoleonic climate, when the idea of collections open to the public had spread in Europe.
We want to recover the spirit of that time, giving back in contemporary terms the curiosity, the passions, the amazement that animated those rooms two centuries ago. And that they renew themselves, every day, since then. The program of initiatives from 29 October to 1 December 2019.
Tuesday 29 October 2019 – 7.00 pm Institutional greetings Roberto Balzani – President of the University Museum System Nicola Semprini Cesari – Director of the Department of Physics and Astronomy Andrea Comastri – Director of INAF OAS Bologna – Astrophysics and space science observatory Giacomo Manzoli – Director of the Department of Arts Paola Focardi – Scientific Referent of the Specola Museum
SCIENCE AND ITS PUBLIC: BOLOGNESE LESSON
Conference by Roberto Balzani Specula
Room, via Zamboni 33, Bologna
Free admission subject to availability
at 20.30 – Guided tour with astronomical observations from the Specola Terrace. Specola Museum, via Zamboni 33, Bologna Participation fee: 10 € – BOOK NOW
Sunday, November 3, 2019
“EPPUR SI MUOVE!” – Theatrical touring show in the places of the Specola, in the company of famous astronomers of the past.
Text and direction by Paola Focardi
Museo della Specola, via Zamboni 33, Bologna
Participation fee: € 15
10.30 – BOOK 12.00 – BOOK 15.00 – BOOK NOW 16.30 – BOOK NOW
From 5 to 10 November 2019
GEOCENTRIC AND HELIOCENTRIC: THE TWO MAXIMUM WORLD SYSTEMS
Tuesday 5 November 2019, 5.30 pm
The loss of the center
Conference by Paola Focardi Specula
Hall, via Zamboni 33, Bologna
Free admission subject to availability
Friday 8 November 2019, 9.00 pm
Institutional greetings by Roberta Paltrinieri – Scientific Director DAMSLab
Projection of a documentary on the themes of the event
Introduced by Marco Cucco
DAMSLab , Piazzetta PP Pasolini 5 / B, Bologna
Free admission subject to availability
From Tuesday 5 to Friday 8 November 2019, 3.30 pm
The egocentrism of the sun – Thematic guided tour of the Specola Museum by the Civil Service Volunteers – “be SMArt ” project.
Via Zamboni 33, Bologna
Participation fee: €
5 November 5, 3.30 pm – BOOK 6 November, 3.30 pm – BOOK 7 November, 3.30 pm – BOOK 8 November, 3.30 pm – BOOK NOW
From 12 to 17 November 2019
IT IS NOT A SCIENCE FOR WOMEN
Tuesday 12 November 2019, 5.30 pm
The other half of the sky. Women’s contribution to the birth of astrophysics
Conference by Elisabetta Rossi
Hall of the Observatory, via Zamboni 33, Bologna
Free admission subject to availability
From Tuesday 12th to Friday 15th November 2019, 3.30 pm
M. C. Eimmart : the sky designer
Thematic tour of the Specola Museum by the Civil Service Volunteers – “be SMArt ” project.
Via Zamboni 33, Bologna
Participation fee: € 5
12 November, 3.30 pm – BOOK 13 November, 3.30 pm – BOOK 14 November, 3.30 pm – BOOK 15 November, 3.30 pm – BOOK NOW
From 19 to 24 November 2019
WATCH THE SKY, MEASURE THE EARTH
Tuesday 19 November 2019, 5.30 pm
The Earth is the copy of Heaven: the globe, the map, the algorithm
Conference by Franco Farinelli
Hall of Specola, via Zamboni 33, Bologna
Free admission subject to availability
Friday 22 November 2019, 9.00 pm
Screening of a documentary on the themes of the event
Introduced by Marco Cucco
DAMSLab , Piazzetta PP Pasolini 5b, Bologna
Free admission subject to availability
From Tuesday 19 to Friday 22 November 2019, 3.30 pm
Cards and globes: when Art merges with Science
Thematic guided tour of the Specola Museum by the Civil Service Volunteers – “be SMArt ” project.
Via Zamboni 33, Bologna
Participation fee: 5 €
19 November, 3.30 pm – BOOK 20 November, 3.30 pm – BOOK 21 November, 3.30 pm – BOOK 22 November, 3.30 pm – BOOK NOW
From 26 November to 1 December 2019
WHEN THE EYE OF ASTRONOMO IS NOT ENOUGH MORE
Tuesday 26 November 2019, 5.30 pm
Guido Horn d’Arturo: an astronomer who designed the future
Conference by Fabrizio Bònoli
Aula della Specola, via Zamboni 33, Bologna
Free admission subject to availability
From Tuesday 26th to Friday 29th November 2019, 3.30pm
From the telescope to the mirror in dowels
Thematic guided tour of the Specola Museum by the Civil Service Volunteers – “be SMArt ” project.
Via Zamboni 33, Bologna
Participation fee: 5 €
26 November, 3.30 pm – BOOK 27 November, 3.30 pm – BOOK 28 November, 3.30 pm – BOOK 29 November, 3.30 pm – BOOK NOW
KIDS
From November 9th to December 1st 2019
SMALL ASTRONOMES DISCOVERING THE “MIRROR” OF GUIDO HORN D’ARTURO
Who was the astronomer Guido Horn d’Arturo? How did he look at the stars? Following in his footsteps, the participants will rebuild, piece by piece, the model of the astronomical mirror he invented, rediscovering the fascination of observing the stars. Educational workshop for children aged 9 to 10 years. Specola Museum, via Zamboni 33, Bologna Participation fee: € 5 November 9, 3.30 pm – BOOK 17 November, 11.00 am – BOOK 23 November, 3.30 pm – BOOK 1 December, 11.00 am – BOOK NOW
MUSEUM OF THE MIRROR
Via Zamboni 33, Bologna
(photo: Museo della Specola – SMA Unibo )
