In the last decade, animal biodiversity gained attention from mass-media, eliciting an over-increasing interest in people, especially the Vertebrates. On May 2002, the room “Comparing Vertebrates” was set-up by the Museum of Natural History and Land of the University of Pisa. A total of 117 findings belonging to an ancient zoological collection (XIXth century) of the former Museum of Comparative Anatomy and Zoology, was recovered and exposed together with casts and three-dimensional models. For each group of Vertebrates, anatomical, physiological and behavioural outlines were discussed and illustrated in an adaptive way, using a largely comprehensible language. Due to the attendance of students from elementary school and college, the room represented not only an opportunity to exhibit part of the historical-naturalistic property of the University of Pisa, but also an example of a didactical exposition dealing with an anti-intuitive theme, such as the comparative anatomy of Vertebrates
La sala “Vertebrati a confronto” del Museo di Storia Naturale e del Territorio dell’Università di Pisa: recupero, esposizione ed uso didattico di un’antica collezione zoologica
BARBANERA, FILIPPO
2006-01-01
Abstract
In the last decade, animal biodiversity gained attention from mass-media, eliciting an over-increasing interest in people, especially the Vertebrates. On May 2002, the room “Comparing Vertebrates” was set-up by the Museum of Natural History and Land of the University of Pisa. A total of 117 findings belonging to an ancient zoological collection (XIXth century) of the former Museum of Comparative Anatomy and Zoology, was recovered and exposed together with casts and three-dimensional models. For each group of Vertebrates, anatomical, physiological and behavioural outlines were discussed and illustrated in an adaptive way, using a largely comprehensible language. Due to the attendance of students from elementary school and college, the room represented not only an opportunity to exhibit part of the historical-naturalistic property of the University of Pisa, but also an example of a didactical exposition dealing with an anti-intuitive theme, such as the comparative anatomy of VertebratesI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
