Science Museums in Bologna

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Science Museums in Bologna

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  • sueoversizedjordan
    Bologna, Italy13 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    The science and art is alright but the coolest might be various works and documents about the city that the museum owns and (often) does not exhibit. A glimpse at the maps, models, and figures about the University and urban Bologna was not enough for me. We can just imagine the items that were 'not there' by hiding, ignoring, and (of course) destroying hands of the museum.
    The occasion was a casual visit with a family visiting my home in Bologna. A morning weather greatly enriched the visit in October. In fact there was an added layer of curation "Ulisse Aldrovandi, the renaissance" in that period, which was fine apart from seeming like an obvious fundraising/kick-starter to attract certain local foundations.(fwi. Aldrovandi was born in Bologna.)
    A very underrated geography/navigation collection is at the very end. And what kind of person places that next to the exit! While it is extremely tempting to pass the anatomy collection, but I will strongly recommend the reader to visit this part first. If not, (chances are) not more than a few minutes could be spent there (or even miss the whole thing!). There is clear downside of this type of renaissance-minded holistic collections.
    Written 18 February 2024
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  • Oxfordians_13
    Oxford, UK341 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    You need to book in advance for this tour and pay 5 euros. We were the only people on the tour and it was in English. It was excellent and we had great views from the top of the tower. The trip assumes you have a fairly good knowledge of astronomy and telescopes, so if you do, it is well worth visiting for the tour. The tower is the one in the background.
    Written 26 October 2018
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  • Emilia C
    Bucharest, Romania57 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    The details captured by the 18th century work of these specialists.. Is mind blowing. Some of the figures are difficult to.. See or forget. But they are definitely real, real cases, real diseases. They've tried to explain how the body functions, and how cringy some of the pathologies are. It's a small exhibition, if you are not in the medical world you might finish the visit in 30 minutes. But it is the perfect fit for anyone interested in how the body works, how we look like beyond the skin and how 18th century specialists made art out of the diseases while trying to learn as much as possible about the human body.
    Written 13 February 2022
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  • Anemari O
    108 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Free entry. Huge display of fossils and stones. Great dinosaur layout. Kids would love it. Well displayed
    Written 13 June 2018
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  • Mywie
    Milan, Italy349 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    This is the University's natural history museum. Three floors of paleontology and zoology. It is completely free of charge. Another user wrote he had to pay a 'small fee': I'm afraid it was a case of fraud. The museum is free of charge and, in fact, they cannot charge you with an entrance fee because it's also the entrance to the many laboratories and to the library of the biology dept. of the University.
    Written 14 January 2014
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  • Craig M
    Porto, Portugal3,118 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    The Museo di Antropologia is located at 3 Via Selmi and had free admission. We arrived at 1.30pm to be told that they were closing in one hour! It turned out that we only needed a half-hour to walk through the place.

    It is a combined zoological and anthropology museum but the majority of it is taken up with taxidermy of animals and birds along with preserved specimens of creatures and some whale skeletons, etc on the upper level. Unfortunately, the quality of several of the taxidermy animals was rather poor, with the stitching being visible. It was also rather warm inside, so after 30 minutes we were ready to find cooler air and to eat lunch.

    The museum is probably useful for students but isn't much of an attraction for tourists.
    Written 6 November 2014
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