The Museum of Natural History is open

Museo di Storia Naturale via Università 12, Parma, Italia

The Museum of Natural History is open. Please book a free ticket before visiting. Il Museo di Storia Naturale è lieto di darvi il benvenuto in occasione delle sua riapertura martedì 6 ottobre. Gli orari di apertura del Museo: Sedi di Via Università 12 martedì-giovedì ore 10-13 e 15-17 (18 con ora legale) - venerdì ore 10-13. Pomeriggio […]

University of Parma Museums reopening

We look forward to welcoming you back to the University of Parma Museums. Our first priority is the safety of staff and visitors, meaning each museum will only open their doors to the public when all necessary safety measures are in place. Our museums will reopen in phases, according to government guidelines and the unique […]

PNRR: over 870,000 euro for the Natural History Museum and CSAC

From the Ministero della Cultura, thanks to the PNRR, over 870,000 euros arrive at the University of Parma for the Natural History Museum and the Communication Studies and Archive Centre - CSAC. In fact, the University has participated with two projects in the ministerial call for proposals for the removal of physical, cognitive and sensory […]

Natural History Museum: Bottego Hall reopened

Museo di Storia Naturale via Università 12, Parma, Italia

The Bottego Hall of the Natural History Museum has reopened to the public after several weeks of work. This room, one of the main ones in the museum, houses the zoological collection collected by Captain Vittorio Bottego in Eritrea at the end of the 19th century. Heirlooms and ethnographic objects that belonged to the explorer […]

Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 April: for ‘I Like Parma’, extraordinary opening of the Natural History Museum

Main building via Università 12, Parma, Italia

From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 April, the Museum of Natural History of the University of Parma (via Università 12) will be open for free. The initiative is part of the I Like Parma. Un Patrimonio da vivere, traditional event promoted and organised by the City of Parma in […]

Open Day: Natural History Museum open

Museo di Storia Naturale via Università 12, Parma, Italia

On Open Day, Thursday 13, Friday 14, Saturday 15 and Tuesday 18 April, the Natural History Museum is open to the public. The Museum, located in the main building on University Street, is open from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.    

ACAMAR: fossil of Homo sapiens found in the Po

Museo di Storia Naturale via Università 12, Parma, Italia

"I was walking along the Po near Isola Serafini when my attention was drawn to something unusual. It was not a stone, but a fragment of bone. So I found Acamar, a cranial bone of a Palaeolithic man'. This is the account of Prof. Davide Persico, Professor of Palaeontology and Director of the Natural History […]

14 July: Don Boarini Hall (Botanical Garden) closed to the public

Orto Botanico via Farini 90, Parma, Italia

On Friday, 14 July, the Don Boarini Hall, at the Botanical Garden, will be closed to the public for the holding of a competition. The room, dedicated to priest Don Ezio Boarini, a parish priest from the Parma area with a passion for lepidoptera, displays, in addition to the more familiar butterflies (diurnal lepidoptera) also moths […]

Natural History Museum: closed for restoration

Orto Botanico via Farini 90, Parma, Italia

From Monday 24 July, the Museum of Natural History, both the premises on Strada Farini and Via Università, will also close for restyling. We will keep you updated on these pages. When: from Monday 24 July until the end of work