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 […]

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  

Botanical Garden closed for restoration

Orto Botanico via Farini 90, Parma, Italia

From Monday 24 July, the Botanical Garden will be 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 […]

Museums for Researchers’ Night

Campus - Parco Area delle Scienze via delle Scienze, Parma, Italia

European Researchers' Night approaches, Europe's leading science communication event promoted in the city by the University of Parma with the co-organisation and patronage of the Municipality of Parma and Imem - CNR. On Friday 29 September, starting at 4 p.m., the Athenaeum has several events planned. Most of the activities are free, but some require […]