MUSEOLOGY NATURALISTICA

Course objectives

Expected learning outcomes Ability to manage and develop a natural museum Skills to be developed and expected learning outcomes Educational goals: the course aims to provide students with the basic knowledge of naturalistic museology. Learning outcomes - Acquired knowledge: Successful students will acquire basic elements to organize the naturalistic collections, a naturalistic database, the restoration of finds, and the exhibition areas. Furthermore, Italian current legislation on naturalistic goods will be learned - Acquired skills: students who have passed the exam will be able, applying what has been studied, to operate both in the field of scientific dissemination and in the museum (designing and managing naturalistic museums, geosites and exhibitions).

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RAFFAELE SARDELLA Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Nature museums: birth of museums; evolution of the museum concept; university museums; virtual museums.Recall of the basic principles of museology: conservation and dissemination. Naturalistic finds: typologies (present organisms and fossils), meaning. Musealization and fruition: identity of a museum; dioramas; exhibitions; geosites; management. Display: display techniques; showcases; explanatory panels. Basic techniques of artefact recovery: planning an excavation; identification and recovery of artefacts. Basic conservation techniques: basic principles of conservation; conservation issues; repositories; cataloguing. Principles of restoration: what is restoration; techniques; materials; problems. Casts: basic techniques for making casts. Virtual casts. Legislation on conservation of artefacts and sites: national and local regulations.
Prerequisites
basic knowledge of natural sciences
Books
Didactic materials will be given during the lessons
Teaching mode
traditional lessons
Frequency
Frontal lessons and visit to museum and exhibitions
Exam mode
The student will be assessed by oral questioning
Lesson mode
Frontal lessons in aula and visit to the Sapienza museums
RAFFAELE SARDELLA Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Nature museums: birth of museums; evolution of the museum concept; university museums; virtual museums.Recall of the basic principles of museology: conservation and dissemination. Naturalistic finds: typologies (present organisms and fossils), meaning. Musealization and fruition: identity of a museum; dioramas; exhibitions; geosites; management. Display: display techniques; showcases; explanatory panels. Basic techniques of artefact recovery: planning an excavation; identification and recovery of artefacts. Basic conservation techniques: basic principles of conservation; conservation issues; repositories; cataloguing. Principles of restoration: what is restoration; techniques; materials; problems. Casts: basic techniques for making casts. Virtual casts. Legislation on conservation of artefacts and sites: national and local regulations.
Prerequisites
basic knowledge of natural sciences
Books
Didactic materials will be given during the lessons
Teaching mode
traditional lessons
Frequency
Frontal lessons and visit to museum and exhibitions
Exam mode
The student will be assessed by oral questioning
Lesson mode
Frontal lessons in aula and visit to the Sapienza museums
  • Lesson code1041389
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseSciences and Teaching of Natural Systems
  • CurriculumCurriculum unico
  • Year2nd year
  • Semester1st semester
  • SSDGEO/01
  • CFU6