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2023-06-23 - 2023-09-30
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Anselmo Ballester. Volti ingombranti. The exhibition at the CSAC
2023-06-23 - 2023-09-17 | CSAC, Strada Viazza di Paradigna, 1, PARMA, 43022, Italia
The exhibition will be inaugurated at the CSAC, Communication Study and Archive Centre, on Friday 23 June at 6 p.m. “Anselmo Ballester. Volti ingombranti”.

The exhibition is a new stage in the series of exhibitions held in the Sala delle Colonne of the Abbey of Valserena, characterised by the proposal of in-depth studies conducted by the Centre’s conservators and collaborators on specific themes, the result of in-depth research in the archives and the particular attention paid to environmental and financial sustainability, made possible thanks to the various cultural, design and technical skills present at the CSAC.

The exhibition will be open to the public until 17 September 2023.

Where: Sala delle Colonne – CSAC – Centro Studi e Archivio della Comunicazione,
Abbey of Valserena
Strada Viazza di Paradigna, 1 – Parma
When: inaugurazione venerdì 23 giugno – ore 18.00W
Exhibition hours: Friday 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Information and reservations: csac@unipr.it; servizimuseali@csacunipr.it; tel. +39 0521 903649

Botanical Garden: July's blooms
2023-07-10 08:00 - 2023-07-31 17:00 (Europe/Rome) | Orto Botanico, via Farini 90, Parma, 43121, Italia
Scopri le nuove fioriture di luglio all’Orto Botanico: ninfee, hibiscus, oleandri, rose, ortensie…
Orari di apertura: dal martedì al venerdì dalle ore 10 alle ore 18.
La visita è libera. L’ingresso è gratuito.

ACAMAR: fossil of Homo sapiens found in the Po
2023-07-10 08:00 - 2023-09-30 17:00 | Museo di Storiografia Naturalistica, via Università 12, Parma, 43121
“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 Museum. A chance discovery, thanks to a period of water crisis in the Po, which gives us new perspectives on our history.
Faced with the fossil, the professor had no doubts. It was immediately clear that this was an important find.
“The bone immediately caught my attention and I immediately confirmed that it was a very ancient find”. This is how Prof. Persico recalls his experience, which dates back to last September.
The discovery took place in the Isola Serafini area (Monticelli d’Ongina)
The fossil is now at the Museum of Natural History, which will ensure its preservation and coordinate the multidisciplinary study.
The research project, called ‘ACAMAR‘, will investigate the palaeoanthropology, palaeogenetics and geochemistry of the precious artefact. It will take place in the coming months through a collaboration between the Superintendency, the University of Parma, the University of Milan, the University of Bologna and the Paleoanthropological Museum of the Po in San Daniele Po
Acamar, the name chosen for the find, comes from the name of the star that is part of the constellation Eridanus.

Summer 2023: Museum closures
2023-07-17 08:00 - 2023-09-04 23:00
During the summer, the Athenaeum Museums will observe some weeks of closure:

Museum of Natural History (Via Università and Strada Farini locations): closed from 24 July until the end of restoration work.
Botanical Garden: closed from 24 July until the end of restoration work.
Macedonio Melloni Museum: closed from 14 to 20 August. Regular reopening from Tuesday 22 August.
Museum of Palaeontology: closed from 1 to 31 August. Regular reopening on Friday 1 September.
Mineralogy Museum: closed from 14 to 27 August. Regular reopening on Monday 28 August.
Veterinary Anatomical Museum A. Lamoigne: closed from 28 July to 1 September. Regular reopening on Monday 4 September.
Museum of Mathematics and Informatics: closed from 31 July to 27 August. Regular reopening on Tuesday 29 August.
Museum of Crystal Chemistry: closed from 5 August to 3 September. Regular reopening on Tuesday 5 September.
Biomedicine Museum: closed for relocation.
Permanent Exhibition “Microcosmo con vista”: closed for relocation.
Centro Studi e Archivio della Comunicazione – CSAC: closed from 7 to 24 August. Regular reopening on Friday 25 August.

Biomedical Museum closed
2023-07-18 08:00 - 2023-09-01 17:00
The ‘Lorenzo Tenchini’ Museum of Biomedicine, located on the first floor of the Palazzo Centrale (Via Università, 12) is temporarily closed due to removal work on the collections.
We will keep you updated on the reopening from this page.

Natural History Museum: closed for restoration
2023-07-24 08:00 - 2024-09-15 17:00 | Orto Botanico, via Farini 90, Parma, 43121, 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

Botanical Garden closed for restoration
2023-07-24 08:00 - 2024-09-30 17:00 | Orto Botanico, via Farini 90, Parma, 43121, Italia
The Botanical Garden is closed for the start of restoration and enhancement work.
Two interventions will affect the Botanical Garden area in the coming months:
The historic garden enhancement project, financed under the PNRR project ‘Programmi per la valorizzare l’identità dei luoghi: parchi e giardini storici‘, by the Ministry of Culture.The work, which concerns the landscaping of the garden, is aimed at respecting biodiversity while minimising water and energy management costs. The leitmotif of the intervention is consistency: the vegetation, naturalistic and environmental needs of the plants prevail over other aspects and the entire garden must be able to act as a ‘botanical embassy’ of the area, as a platform for dialogue to reinforce education in a non-anthropocentric observation of the world.
The project takes into utmost consideration the ecological and naturalistic requirements of the site, minimising soil consumption and reducing the impact on the root systems in the garden. The work includes the resurfacing of paths, the construction of an irrigation system, the creation of new flower beds with low water requirements, the landscaping of rockeries and wetlands, and the building of a new greenhouse to display the succulent collection, which cannot be visited today.
The project is by A+C_Architettura e Città Studio Associato
The project to restore the historic greenhouses and the Botany School, which benefits from a fundamental impulse by ‘Parma, io ci sto!‘, is co-financed by the University of Parma, the Ministry of University and Research, the Cariparma Foundation and the Chiesi Group.
Thanks to sponsors, the Ferdinandee Greenhouses (dating back to the end of the 18th century) and the 19th-century Botany School will be restored and reinstated. The latter building will house the historical herbarium collections, the historical library and a small botanical museum. The Bourbon greenhouses will be restored to their original structures, with the elimination of posthumous structures and a return to the original design of the Petitot School. The new installations will ensure maximum energy savings. The spaces will not only house plants, but will be multifunctional buildings that can also be used for exhibitions and events. Next to the Serre Ferdinandee, new public services, cafeteria, meeting place, bookshop will be opened.
The project is by Studio Canali Associati
The projects were presented on Monday 29 May in the historical headquarters in Strada Farini in the presence of the Rettore, Paolo Andrei, of Mayor Michele Guerra, the Scientific Director of the Botanical Garden Renato Bruni,of the President of Fondazione Cariparma Franco Magnani, the President of ‘Parma, Io ci sto! Alessandro Chiesi and Giovanna Usvardi, Global Communication & External Relations Head of the Chiesi Group, and of course the designers Guido Canali and Paola Cavallini, representing Studio Canali Associati and A+C_Architettura e Città Studio Associato.
When: from Monday 24 July until the conclusion of the work.
