** IN UPDATE **
Saturday, May 17, 2025 is celebrated throughout Europe the European Night of Museums, a unique opportunity to visit places of culture in the evening. The initiative promoted by the French Ministry of Culture and sponsored by UNESCO, the Council of Europe and ICOM is taking place simultaneously throughout Europe with the aim of stimulating and promoting knowledge of national and European cultural heritage and identity.
As usual, the Night of Museums anticipates the International Day of Museums, on Sunday 18 May, promoted every year by the International Council of Museums (ICOM), now in its 20th edition.
Since 2020, ICOM has been promoting initiatives to support the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that were drawn up in 2015 by UN member countries and approved by the UN General Assembly. This year’s theme will be "The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities - "The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities": museums are invited to focus on how they can orient and contribute to a world that is undergoing profound social changes, technological and environmental. In particular, the objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will be:
- Goal 8 | Decent work and economic growth: to foster lasting, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, decent work for all.
- Goal 9 | Industry, innovation and infrastructure: building resilient infrastructure and promoting innovation and fair, responsible and sustainable industrialisation.
- Goal 11 | Sustainable cities and communities: making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, durable and sustainable.
Also this year the University of Pisa’s Museum System participates in the initiatives with a rich program of events.
EGYPTOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS
Saturday 17 May 2025, at 21:15 and 22:00 - Via San Frediano 12, Pisa [First floor]
Guided tours at night to the Egyptian Collections Edda Bresciani
The guided tours will take place in two rounds: 21:15 and 22:00
Free event
Reservation required info.collezioni-egittologiche@sma.unipi.it
Not accessible to people with motor disabilities
COLLECTION OF PLASTER CASTS AND ANTIQUITIES
Saturday 17 May 2025, at 19:00 - 24:00 - Piazza San Paolo all'Orto, 20 - Pisa
Evening admission to the exhibition and guided tours
Free event
MUSEUM OF PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY AND PALEOPATHOLOGY
Saturday 17 May 2025, at 21:00 and 22:00 - Largo Padre Renzo Spadoni - Pisa
The night of paleopathology
Guided tours in two shifts in the evening to discover the exhibition Secrets of the Body. A journey into human anatomy through medicine and archaeology.
Free event
Reservation required: info.map@sma.unipi.it
Sunday 18 May 2025, at 16:00 and 18:00 - Largo Padre Renzo Spadoni - Pisa
The discovery of paleopathology
Guided tours in two turns to discover the exhibition Secrets of the Body. A journey into human anatomy through medicine and archaeology.
Free event
Reservation required: info.map@sma.unipi.it
MUSEUM OF GRAPHICS
Saturday 17 May 2025, at 19:00 - 23:00 - Lungarno Galilei 9, Pisa
Free evening admission
BOTANICAL GARDEN AND MUSEUM
Saturday 17 May 2025, 21:00 - Via Luca Ghini, 13, 56126 Pisa PI
In the Garden at night - **SOLD OUT**
Guided tour of the Botanical Museum and greenhouses.
Free event
Reservation required: educazione.ortomuseobot@sma.unipi.it
Sunday, May 18, 2025 - Aula Savi, via Luca Ghini, 13 - Pisa
Ore 10:00 | Presentation and award ceremony of the works worthy of the photographic competition Fi/oTO 2025
To follow | Visit the exhibition of selected photos
Free event
