Città della Scienza

Fondazione Idis-Città della Scienza
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Established	1987–1996
Location	Naples
Type	Science museum
President
Curator	Maria Carolina Cortese
Website	[2]

The Città della Scienza ("city of science") is a museum in Naples, in Campania in southern Italy. It was opened to the public in 1996 and features various areas in which one can explore and learn about science, natural phenomena, and hosts a wide large number of science exhibits and culture events. It is also a promoter for sustainable technologies activities and enterprises. Its structures are located in Bagnoli, the ex industrial district in Naples, and its nucleus was built in a 19th-century workshops industry archeological site.

History[]

The museum was built by a public-private foundation called "Fondazione IDIS" in 1985–1996. Città della Scienza grew to become one of the most visited museums of Naples and actually is included into the list of “NGOs in official relation” with UNESCO.^[1]^[2]^[3] The previous Science Centre has been destroyed during a fire arson on 4 March 2013. The science area for kids was the first to be rebuilt and it is actually open to public. Being de facto destroyed and almost non functioning, Città della Scienza foundation communicates with public thanks to Facebook,^[4] its website and Derev (for crowdfunding).^[5] Various initiatives (either public and private) were created to collect funding to rebuild completely the whole museum. In April a part of Science Center has been reopened to public.^[6]^[7]

There are three principal areas but, during the fire, the previous Science Centre was destroyed.:

Science center, the first Italian scientific interactive museum. Now composed by: Corporea (traveling in the human body), 'The sea', children's workshop and a Planetarium ^[8]
Training and development
Events area

Science Centre – Displaying sections[]

Now:

Corporea. Human Body Museum
Planetarium/Dome 3D
The Sea
The Children' s Workshop
Laboratories: Bugs' house, GNAM (the Village of Mediterranean Diet and Biodiversity), Classrooms, Children FabLab, Reporteen School

In the old Science Center there were:

Science Gym
The Children's Workshop
Planetarium
Signs, Symbols and Signals
Gnam
Instruments of the past
The art route

The Città della Scienza organizes events and temporary exhibits about various matters. The most important event is "Futuro Remoto", exhibits and meetings about science, discovery and society.

References[]

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^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Città della Scienza". Facebook.com. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 April 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)