Schools

Next to research and conservation, education is and always has been one of the main objectives of the Museum. The education department staff works with the aim of communicating contents and creating the conditions for the Museum to be a place for discovery, experience, understanding and inspiration, accessible to all.

In this perspective the Museum offers different activities connected to the historical collections and inside the interactive laboratories (i-labs). The activities are designed to involve visitors in a learning processes through direct, amusing and exciting experiences. The Museum collaborates in different educational projects with schools, universities and other institutions, in order to encourage the use of the Museum as en educational resource. All the activities are based on an informal educational and interactive approach.

Our view: informal education

Our methodology is based on exploration, observation and active involvement. Continue

Guided tours to the exhibitions

Tours to discover one or more sections of the Museum. The explainer invites students to observe objects and formulate hypothesis on their function. This helps to set ideas and devices in their historical context. The Museum also offers numerous combined tours to explore different collections, focusing on themes such as the technological evolution at the time of industrial revolution, the history of handicraft or the historical socio-cultural changes linked to the development of the means of transport.

Activities in the interactive labs

Hands-on experiments to test physical and chemical phenomena and observe production processes. The explainer involves students in the activities, guiding them in the description and understanding of what is being observed. The Museum also offers numerous combined-lab activities that allow the exploration in one laboratory of wide themes such as the life-cycle of materials, the art of typography, the history of great explorations or the ancient tools of the astronomer.

Information

Mon-Fri 9.00am - 4.00pm
T 02 48 555 558
F 02 48 010 055
didattica@museoscienza.it