I was there for the museum night. Very interesting place, almost of another era for the atmospheres I found there. I don't arrive at 5 stars for some catches with signs and exits, but they are venial things. At the next visit I will correct the shooting upwards.
A historic place a stone's throw from the Ariosto Theater
Absurd hours: from 9 to 12. Even at Christmas time where the other museums are all open.
The premises where the Fontanesi exhibition is set up are very bright
Show Antonio Fontanesi only open from 21:00 to 23:00 ??? thank you
Some interesting things. Bring us your boys, they won't want to come away anymore.
Beautiful museum reminiscent of "A night at the museum".
Surely a stunning collection, carefully displayed but without valid indications is only an exhibition of pieces that run the risk of being looked at quickly and with little interest. The ladies at the entrance are very nice and smiling
A large collection of different types of animals, starting with some prehistoric ones. Several showcases with different types of minerals, shells, ammonites. Treasures, burials, Etruscan civilization, the period of the Roman Empire. The disadvantage is little information, no audio guide. Admission is free (donations at your discretion)
It is the museum of the city of Reggio Emilia, dating back over a century ago, contains many archaeological finds and not, is divided into several rooms. Inside we can already find paintings and go old, as well as a beautiful mosaic. Immediately after the rich assortment of objects from the Amazon and the East. Among these stands a human head shrunk over, several arrows with poisoned tip and a six-shot revolver of 1500. Even behind the glass we can also find a canoe with paddle and crossbows used by the Indians to go hunting. Do not miss oriental clothing and assorted jewelry. For those interested in the natural sciences it is possible to see numerous stuffed animals of earth, flying and aquatic. There is even a diorama, inspired by Africa, with large animals inside. They all come from the famous African safari of the 1800s, then donated to the museum by the most important reggiani of the time. These are explorers, scientists and scholars. In one room several mushrooms are exposed and in another some dry treatments to show the human anatomy. Do not miss Etruscan paintings and finds, in fact in the special room you can see some Etruscan funerary steles, it is not only. If you want there are also ancient and other golden objects. Perhaps this is the only museum to have a small, stuffed sperm whale. However, there are also many findings recently discovered in our province, artifacts, pottery, everyday objects such as buckles for belts, earrings and rings, a fossil whale and the fossil cast (fossil soil) of an ancient life form similar to a large worm.
Museo importantissimo per la raccolta della collezione scientifica di Lazzaro Spallanzanie la raccolta di reperti archeologici di Gaetano Chierici, rimaste nelle condizioni originali di conservazione ,raro esempio in Italia.
Molto interessante anche il gabinetto di numismatica ,con uuna raccolta ampia di monete antiche reggiane e romane ! Importanti anche le sale con le collezioni etniche del barone Franchetti e la galleria dei marmi di epoca romana.
Da segnalare un importantereperto paleontologico in mostra : la balena fossile di San Valentino!
Stunning to ba.bina my uncle used to take me every Sunday, and I loved to see stuffed animals and especially the uniforms. Beautiful and interesting
Very special civic museums with impressive scientific finds, beautiful, worth a careful visit.
"A Museum in the Museum"
A blast from the past, a beautiful building, nice and above all completely free!
Full of ancient artifacts and interesting for adults and children.
A very well organized place with trained staff. Ample spaces and interesting contents.
Small but well-stocked museum, we also celebrated the birthday of my 7 year old son by organizing a treasure hunt. Interesting
One of the few attractions in Reggio Emilia and perhaps the only one with free entry. It is an experience to do, very interesting and constructive. In spring / summer many cultural events are organized in the inner courtyard, I would improve the information to the public, including opening hours, which are sometimes unclear.
On the day of families to the Museum there were many free workshops
Well-kept museum, also the new exhibition space on the upper floor is beautiful, there is no cash machine at the cash desk.
beautiful museums, very courteous employees and prices, when there are, practically non-existent, there are many really nice and fantastic cultural events, it's always nice and relaxing to take a tour, I recommend it!
Unusual entomological collection, prehistoric funeral finds and costumes and objects from the world
A great way to discover, on a Sunday with the children, the old Reggio and other relics
Excellent museum of the municipality of Reggio Emilia includes both archeology zoology and artistic little gem is free entry
Museum very varied and interesting but that should be updated (as on the second floor and in the new exhibition with virtual reality concerning regium lepidi)
UNUSUAL COLLECTION OF ITEMS AND EXHIBITS INCLUDING MEDICAL AND MOSAIC WORKS. CURIOSITY SHOULD VISIT.
Very interesting with finds from all over the world, free entry
I found it fantastic because it knows of real things made with passion and dedication by a person who wanted to transmit his knowledge to others .... a place out of time but at the same time in time .... to see ... .a wonderful thing yesterday afternoon during my visit ..... a group of very young children accompanied by some educators and some parents who visited a part of the museum dedicated to animals of all kinds .... the amazement in their eyes seeing all those animals filled me with joy .... I recommend it to young and old
Some strange and unobtainable finds elsewhere. Courtesy of the staff.
Old-fashioned but very modern museums, full of authentic treasures and curious things. Art and science, history and beauty. Consigliatissimi.
Alternatively Sunday away from supermarkets for families. There the crocodile and even a sperm whale. A place of exploration and discovery for children and adults.
Very interesting place for both adults and children
A wonderful collection, to visit with great accuracy, so as not to miss anything!
bad service, there are no vending machines, there is a smell of cadavers and rotting bodies. too many stairs
Beautiful atmosphere in the oldest natural history museum in Italy ... Many initiatives for children and not only ... And all for free!
The naturalistic section and the one dedicated to ancient history are very interesting.
Very interesting natural history museum which houses several collections.
Interesting museum the only flaw is that it is in the historical center
inexhaustible source of important cultural and educational initiatives ... deserves an extra star
Free admission and maximum availability of staff employed in the entertainment of children
A museum place full of charm and capable of arousing emotions; a continuous breeding ground for new and very interesting installations, especially concerning scientific subjects. The current exhibition on astrophysics and the figure of the astronomer Father Angelo Secchi is masterful and unparalleled.
Beautiful museum about the history of Reggio Emilia columns and taxed very old stuffed animals and especially free
Museum for everyone. You go there several times without getting bored
Pleasant museum. Display of a remarkable variety of pieces. The numerous stuffed animals are interesting.
Collections ranging from the Paleolithic to the present day presented in five museum locations, two monumental locations and three exhibition venues. A wealth of works and buildings that has grown over many decades, continually updating the proposals, and whose first nucleus begins just over 200 years ago.
The system of collections, historical places and exhibition halls proposed by the Civic Museums of Reggio Emilia has accompanied the formation of the cultural identity of the Reggio throughout time.
In the Museums, memories of nature, archeology, art and history of the entire provincial territory are documented and enhanced, in an overview that spans the five continents.
The oldest foundation of the collections, in fact, was born in 1799 with the acquisition, by the city of Reggio Emilia, of the domestic collection of the illustrious scientist Lazzaro Spallanzani who, in his home in Scandiano, had accumulated zoological, paleontological and mineralogical finds , lithological and botanical, as well as objects of furniture, such as paintings, small tables and ornaments. The collection, preserved intact in its eighteenth-century consistency, since 1830 is located in the rooms of Palazzo dei Musei.
In 1862, thanks to the work of the priest Gaetano Chierici, one of the fathers of modern Palethnology, the Gabinetto di Storia della Patria was created, which in 1870 became the Museum of National History. Precious testimonies of science and museology of the late nineteenth century, the materials of prehistory and local protohistory are compared with objects of the same period, but of different geographical origin, especially Italian. The collection was later renamed the Gaetano Chierici di Paletnologia Museum, located at the Palazzo dei Musei.
The exhibits at the Palazzo dei Musei then extend to the Galleria dei Marmi with stone artefacts, Roman epigraphs and sculptures from the Middle Ages to the XVIII century, to the Atrium of the Museums with Roman mosaics and floor decorations from the 12th and 13th centuries, and again with Salt which complete the naturalistic, zoological and botanical collections, finally arriving at collections of ethnography, numismatics, ceramics, goldsmithery and minor arts.
In 1902 the Antonio Fontanesi Gallery was established which, reorganized several times, expanded and enriched, documents the artistic culture in Reggio from the 14th to the 20th century.
The historic site of the Civic Museums, which was recently renovated by the architect Italo Rota, is now part of a network that also includes other places, and which consists of five museum sites that include, in addition to the Palazzo dei Musei , the Parmeggiani Gallery, the Tricolore Museum, the Museum of the History of Psychiatry and the Museum of the Sanctuary of the Beata Vergine della Ghiara. The network also includes two monumental sites (the Synagogue and the Mauritian) and the Library of the Arts.
The Civic Museums, pursuing the goal of preserving the testimonies of the city of Reggio Emilia and the province of Reggio, have simultaneously promoted scientific research, knowledge and public enjoyment also through training and educational activities.
I brought friends of mine who were blown away by the beauty and organization discovering new things.
There are various sections to visit, from animals to the birth and development of the city of Reggio and others. Recently I visited them for the Antonio Fontanesi exhibition, which I found to be well organized, comprehensive and pleasant.
Unique and fun experience, made with school children. Highly recommended for a trip with the family and for those who love historical artifacts.
We were visiting the museum on 13 January 2020 for a school trip to visit: the "Regio Romana" with the guide Giulia who explained everything to us in detail and with a language understandable to upper secondary students, EXCELLENT EXPERIENCE TO DO !
the civic museums of Reggio Emilia are a particular example of coexistence between a modern museum and nineteenth-century museum collections.
in the museum of Reggio Emilia you will not only find the classic mineral, animal, ethnic, archaeological collections of which one can normally expect in a museum of natural sciences, but you will also find private collections of famous people in history with the birthplace in the province of Reggio Emilia, like the Chierici, the Spallanzani, the Fontanesi, the Baron Franchetti and others, presented, and sometimes still preserved in the original closets of the time, as it was natural to compose them in the historical period of the early 1800s.
experience of the civic museums of Reggio Emilia meet the findings of natural sciences is a historical and cultural journey that has had the good fortune to preserve eek I have not found any other similar museum in the area of reggio, parma, modena, bologna.
finally I just want to say that in Reggio Emilia it is not just a museum that preserves a snapshot of the museum concept of the 1800s, it came out to dedicate the spaces of the areas obviously to a modern contemporary and usable musical style, to create very interesting laboratories, to evolve continuously with temporary exhibitions of performance events so as not to be a static museum but a very interesting cultural center of attraction.
civic museums have a well-made and constantly updated website where they present their rich agenda of events that sometimes even change at weekly level
Beautiful setting by the painter Antonio Fontanesi in the former school x Geometri now Palazzo dei Musei. To visit with an adjoining museum on the first floor being restored
Nice place for children. There are so many animals and ancient things to see
Interesting museum, especially for the exhibition of animals. Also interesting is the department where you can see fetuses of Siamese twins. Free admission and to spend an hour with the family I recommend it.
It's always nice a ride, so always learn something. It is a journey through history, and then it is very modernized with the virtual reality part. Yes they can also do private events.
Interessante, ma manca qualcosa per renderlo di grande interesse e per farlo diventare una grande attrazione.
I think that for a free entry it is worth visiting this place full of different attractions
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