At the Natural History Museum of Milano the new Hall on the History of Human Evolution opens: free entry to the museum on Tuesday 19th and Wednesday 20th

At the Natural History Museum of Milano the new Hall on the History of Human Evolution opens: free entry to the museum on Tuesday 19th and Wednesday 20th.

Milano. Reopens from today to Natural History Museum of Milano the room dedicated to History of human evolution with a new immersive and engaging path. The new permanent exhibition is the result of long scientific and curatorial work, and was involved in its creation designers, technicians, graphic designers and even artists.

Tuesday 19th and Wednesday 20th December, precisely to allow everyone to visit the new Hall, the Natural History Museum will exceptionally open its doors to the city with free admission, with a series of special events.

The new permanent exhibition occupies the Room IX of the Museum (about 400 mXNUMX) and was conceived as an immersive environment that allows us to grasp the elements of the biological and cultural evolution of our history starting around 6 million years ago. On show over 400 specimens including zoological skeleton specimens and taxidermy specimens, cast and 3D reproductions of fossil remains, original fossil finds and cast and original lithic tools.

Tommaso Sacchi – Councilor for Culture Municipality of Milano

“The Natural History Museum is for Milano not only a cultural and artistic point of reference, thanks to a collection of inestimable scientific value and the continuous contamination between art and science that it offers, but also a place of affection for many Milanese adults and children – declared the Councilor for Culture Tommaso Sacchi -. It is in fact the oldest civic museum in Milan and has always been among the most visited in the city. Its audience spans generations: the parents who accompany their children today are the children of yesterday, who like me were fascinated by the gigantic Triceratops. But times change, research advances, technology opens up new scenarios, offering new tools for understanding reality. It is therefore our intention to continue investing to adapt the languages ​​of the Museum and update it to the most recent scientific results: a path that has already recently led to the complete renovation of the Mineralogy room and which will continue even after the inauguration of the new Room on the History of Human evolution”.

The design of the Hall is by Migliore+Servetto, which also signs the general concept in which the multimedia interventions, conceived and created by, are integrated Studio Azzurro. Graphics, edited by Nexus, guides the audience through different levels of reading that the visitor is free to follow.

The layout of the new room immediately reflects the division into four macro-areas:

1.“Who are we?”: the position of man in nature and within the order of Primates;
2.“An African bush”: between 6 and 2 million years ago numerous species of bipedal hominids originated and coexisted in Africa, including the oldest of the Homo genus;
3.“Out of Africa”: over the last 2 million years or so, representatives of the Homo genus have repeatedly expanded their range by expanding outside of Africa;
4.“Homo sapiens”: the appearance of the most ancient members of our species.

In the center of each of the four areas a scenic tower stands out, conceived as a setting for a narrative between the physical and the digital. The “time lines” envelop the entire route, as an element of orientation in the exposition of the story, and three rooms host video-polyptychs that show the visitor abysmally remote landscapes, involving him in another space-time dimension.

Tuesday 19 December the Museum organizes various events, also open to the public with free admission while places last, to explore the latest results of scientific research on the topic.

At 10, after institutional greetings from the Councilor for Culture Tommaso Sacchi, the lectio magistralis of the prof will take place. George Manzi, Paleoanthropologist at the Sapienza University of Rome, entitled “On the trail of human evolution”.

At 14.30, moderated by the science journalist Silvia Bencivelli, will start"A conversation about human evolution”, during which the following will intervene: Marco Cherin, Paleontologist (University of Perugia), Jacopo Moggi Cecchi, Paleoanthropologist (University of Florence), Marco Peresani, Archaeologist (University of Ferrara), Fabio Di Vincenzo, Paleoanthropologist (University of Florence), Olga Rickards, Molecular anthropologist (University of Rome “Tor Vergata”).

Both meetings they can be followed in live streaming su scienzainrete.it

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