A three-day mini-festival (30th, 31st October and 1st November 2025) to welcome the newly established MUST, the Museum of Natural Historiography of the University of Parma, which was created from the redevelopment of the University’s Natural History Museum. It is fully accessible and unprecedented in Italy: the entire collection has been rearranged into a grand naturalistic narrative that follows a timeline, revealing its evolution chronologically. The exhibition is totally immersed in its historical context and, through evocative displays, shows how the vision of nature has changed over the centuries, and with it the concept of exhibition design, from the first private collections to the museum as a public institution.

Thursday, 30 October, will begin at 11 a.m. with a preview for the press (closed to the public). The official inauguration will take place at 4 p.m. with institutional greetings streamed live from the University’s Aula Magna. This will be followed by a rich programme of presentations, in which the new museum will be described, while the ribbon cutting and inaugural visit are scheduled for 5.30 pm. Friday, 31 October will be dedicated to schools – primary and secondary schools – with a full calendar of educational activities to be held between 9 am and 1 pm at the Museum and the University classrooms. Finally, on 1 November, the doors will be open to the public, with free admission to the museum and guided tours available upon reservation.