Children's
museum ( musei per i bambini )
Explora
is the first educational museum for children
aged 0-12 years.
It is
located in the Municipal spaces of the former
ATAC bus
depot, not far from Piazza del Popolo, known
as the Spazio Flaminio.
This
is part of the Borghetto Flaminio, a neighbourhood
which provides an important example of urban requalification
in what was previously a run-down area.
The
exhibition space is designed as a 'children's
city' where all the material can be handled and
played with, with a strong emphasis on everyday life,
making it possible for the young visitors to enter into
direct contact with those aspects of reality which
normally belong to the adult world.
The
itinerary is divided into four sections, in
which visitors can play and experiment with the help
of animators.
The first section, devoted to knowledge of
the human body and space, is devoted to
children of 0-3 years; space is illustrated through
the organization of the home, refuse sorting and
recycling, and the solar panel which produces energy
from the sun; "society" and everyday activities
are described via the reproduction of a supermarket,
food and its transformations, firemen etc; the world
of communication is represented by structures and
technologies such as the study of television,
the bank, the post office, the subsoil
and its underground networks and the telephone.
Here
children may actively participate in the production
of a TV programme, changing a wheel in a
garage, learning to use and economize on water etc.
The
aim of the museum, apart from generating children's
interest in subjects of notable importance, is to encourage
and aid learning through practical activities, play
and socialization
Information and Addresses
Address Via Flaminia, 82
Visiting Hours Every day, admission shifts 10.00
am - 12.00 am lOO pm - 5.00 pm
Closed
Monday
Telephone 06 3613776; Fax 06 36086803
Price Adults € 6,00; children € 7,00; Thursday
afternoon € 5,00 all ages; groups (minimum 15) €
6,00; free for under-threes
For
Tours information
– private guided tours – special entrances, no
waiting in line - VIP services
www.tourinrome.com
www.vaticanmuseuminformation.com
www.vaticanmuseumticket.com
