MUSEOLOGIA

6 CFU - 1° Semester

Teaching Staff

GIANPIETRO GIUSSO DEL GALDO - Module Botanic museology - BIO/02 - 3 CFU
FABIO MASSIMO VIGLIANISI - Module MUSEOLOGIA ZOOLOGICA - BIO/05 - 3 CFU

Learning Objectives

Botanic museology
The purpose of the Botanical Museology module is to provide students with information on the care of the Botanical Museums (Botanical Gardens and Herbs) and on the methodology of conservation of botanical finds, including elements of the history of culture and botanical representation, also in order to appreciate the plant biodiversity in diachronic form
MUSEOLOGIA ZOOLOGICA
The objectives of the Zoological Museology module are the acquisition of the main concepts used in scientific museology, with particular reference to the main techniques for collecting, preparing and preserving the zoological material, its filing and folder layout and its display. The importance of communication and museum education is also indicated.

Course Structure

Botanic museology
Lectures and exercises (guided tours to the Herbarium and the Botanical Garden of Catania University , with the identification of thematic routes for users of various age groups; guided tour simulation).
MUSEOLOGIA ZOOLOGICA
Teaching will take place through lectures, fronts and educational workshops. Minimum knowledge of zoological systematics and taxonomy is required. Course attendance is mandatory. If the teaching is given in mixed or remote mode, they can be introduced the necessary changes with respect to what was previously stated, in order to comply the planned program and reported in the syllabus. Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.

Detailed Course Content

Botanic museology
Current purposes of naturalistic museum (improvement, restoration, conservation and increasement of the collections; scientific research; divulgation, didactic and naturalistic education). Botanical Gardens (history and development of the botanical gardens; botanical gardens in the world and in Italy, with particular regard to Catania Botanical Garden); purposes of the botanical gardens; meaning of urban botanical gardens; management of the botanical gardens ). Herbaria (methods of preparation of an herbarium; purposes of the herbaria; history and development of the herbaria; management of the herbaria, collections of Herbarium of Catania University).
MUSEOLOGIA ZOOLOGICA
Didactics and museum communication, role and value. Historical evolution of teaching. Information and Dissemination: Public and verification of actions, routes, alternative forms, interactions with training agencies, sales points and information brokers.

Research: collection campaigns, study of preserved artifacts, communication strategies. Studies conducted on the public.

History of the naturalistic Museology: the precursors (Egypt, Rome), the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Wunderkammer, the Enlightenment and the first naturalistic museums. The nineteenth century and the great nature trips. The twentieth century and the stasis. The current Italian and international zoological museums.

The historical and psychological reasons at the root of naturalistic collections: collecting; biophilia; the curiosity.

Textbook Information

Botanic museology
M. Gavazzoli, 2011. MANUALE DI DI MUSEOLOGIA. Rizzoli Eas.

C. Cipriani, 2006. APPUNTI DI MUSEOLOGIA NATURALISTICA, Firenze Univ. Press.

G. Pinna, 1997, IL MUSEO DI STORIA NATURALE. FONDAMENTI TEORICI. Jaca Book.
MUSEOLOGIA ZOOLOGICA
V. Falletti e M. Maggi - I Musei. Il Mulino - Universale paperback . Pagine 227 € 14 - ISBN 978-88-15-23710-1

Notes of the lessons

Other books:

- Lucia Cataldo, Marta Paraventi, 2007 - ll museo oggi: Linee guida per una museologia contemporanea . Hoepli

- M. Gavazzoli, 2011. MANUALE DI DI MUSEOLOGIA. Rizzoli Eas.

- C. Cipriani, 2006. APPUNTI DI MUSEOLOGIA NATURALISTICA, Firenze Univ. Press, 127 pp.

-P. Zangheri, 1969. IL NATURALISTA ESPLORATORE –RACCOGLITORE – PREPARATORE – Hoepli

-G. Pinna, 1997, IL MUSEO DI STORIA NATURALE. FONDAMENTI TEORICI. Jaca Book

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