saTURDAY the 12th of october

10.30 a.m. - Natural History Museum

via Ugolani Dati, 4 - Cremona

Science? It’s a girls’ play!

Presentation of the book and of the Memory game for children from 6 to 12 years old by the authors Ilaria Canobbio and Cecilia Osera – Pavia University and IFOM, Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan

Free, reservation is required - prenotazione.pb@comune.cremona.it

3.00 p.m. - Museo Archeologico di S. Lorenzo

via San Lorenzo, 4 - Cremona

Searching for the shards

What happens to a fragment of pottery which has been buried for millennia when it is abruptly unearthed by an archaeological excavation? How many different lives would that fragment have lived before being considered definitely a waste? We will discover together the long life of these small objects from the past…..

Free, reservation is required - museo.didattica@comune.cremona.itP.M.

SUNDAY THE 13TH OF OCTOBER

10.30 a.m. - Torrazzo Vertical Museum, Planetarium

Entrance from Torrazzo, Municipality Square

Lookupwards

The stars as you have never seen them before!

Special visit for the families with children, the theme of astronomy is explained in a special way for the youngest.

Free, reservation is required - 0372.495082 - info@museidiocesicremona.it

3.30 p.m. - Violin’s Museum

piazza Marconi, 5 - Cremona

The long life of the trees

Spruce, maple, ebony... special trees which start a new life, in a new shape, transformed in precious music instruments by the skilled hands of the handicraft men.

A special path to discover the Cremonese making method: from the drawings, tools and shapes of ancient instruments to the violin-making Olympic games!

Free guided tour (with the museum’s ticket) – Subject to availability, reservations: edu@museodelviolino.org