Musei di Geografia tra ricerca, didattica e terza missione: i percorsi intrecciati tra Padova e Roma

Abstract

The geographical heritage collected over 150 years at the Universities of Padua and Rome Sapienza have recently been involved in a study process which has made them the pivot around which to build museum exhibition itineraries and stimulate research, teaching and third mission activities. The collaborative relationship between the two universities has its roots in a common heritage, today strengthened by the shared need for a renewed public role of geography. In 2017, scholars of the two universities promoted the establishment of a working group (GEOMUSE), also involving other Italian Universities, with the aim of coordinating heritage initiatives at a national level, in order to encourage the valorisation of academic geographical collections but also to strengthen the public role of geography.