NO MEASURE, NO SCIENCE!

HISTORICAL

COLLECTION

different weighing instruments

from different

places & ages

not only scales

EDUCATION

vocation for education from the beginning

DIVULGATION

MEASURE!

You can't act as aware and active citizen

if you don't understand the world

(everyday more complex than the day before)

One of the main ways

to understand the world

is science

There is no science without measure

MAKE, THINK AND WEIGHT WITH HANDS

http://cms.museodellabilancia.it/bow/cms/album/filealbum/1022_0.pdf

2009-2011

Project Regione Emilia-Romagna

kit for an experimental lab

THE PARK: AN EXPERIENCE TO BUILD WITH SCIENCE

http://cms.museodellabilancia.it//album/filealbum/363_0.pdf

2010-2011

Atti Società Naturalistica Modenese

zoology, geology,

paleontology, history

and metrology

together to understand

a landscape

appraisal

use of "old"

and "modern"

instruments

measure of different aspects: dimensions, light intensity, temperature etc

THE RIGHT MEASURE

http://cms.museodellabilancia.it//album/filealbum/452_0.pdf

2011-2012

MeTis, anno II n.1

ANCIENT DOCUMENTS AND LASER METERS

http://cms.museodellabilancia.it/album/filealbum/650_0.pdf

2012-2013

Archivio Centrale dello Stato

Infanzia n. 4-5 2013

MODE UniBo

EXPLORING METROLOGY

http://cms.museodellabilancia.it//album/filealbum/342_0.pdf

http://cms.museodellabilancia.it//album/filealbum/341_0.pdf

2012

Zanichelli online

2014

Zanichelli Science School Book

USING THE BODY

TO MEASURE

http://cms.museodellabilancia.it/album/filealbum/649_0.pdf

2013

infanzia

evolution of measurement systems

University Museums for life-long guidance to the scientific method and culture UNIMORE 6-7 november 2015, Modena

NO SCIENCE WITHOUT MEASURE

Historical collections and everyday experiences

put to use in science education

as an instrument of active citizenship

Maurizio Salvarani, Luca Malagoli

Museo della Bilancia

http://www.museodellabilancia.it

foto http://gilibertifotografia.it

STAFF

Maurizio Salvarani - director

Lia Apparuti - curator

Luca Malagoli - scientific manager

Lisa Barilli - educational services

Daniela Bazzani - events contact

Marco Grassigli - technical manager

Deborah Bozzoli, Anna Gatti, Valeria Pancetti, Alessandro Pianosi, Mattia Secchi - educational services personnel

Giorgio Giliberti - offical photographer

Gianni Grappi - events photographer

http://www.museodellabilancia.it

Articulated meter made in boxwood with linear premetric measures - Italy, beginning of XIX century - inv. 877 Museo della Bilancia

foto http://gilibertifotografia.it

Campogalliano (Modena)

TOWN OF SCALES

foto http://gilibertifotografia.it

Municipality of Campogalliano

LIBRA 93 cultural association

founder: local Municipality,

Soc. Coop. Bilanciai

foto http://gilibertifotografia.it

1860 first scales constructor

1983 temporary exhibition local scales

1989 Museum foundation

1991 National Documentation Centre

1993 cultural association LIBRA 93

1997 current home in city centre

2009 Museum of Quality

by Regione Emilia-Romagna

foto http://gilibertifotografia.it

http://www.fotokam.it/

foto http://gilibertifotografia.it

http://www.fotokam.it/

Television

articles

direttore Giulia Luppi

School programs

prof. Amerigo Francia

Laboratorio di fisica e fisica applicata

ITI Fermi Modena, member AIF

Events & partnerships

history

science & technology

HYPOTHESIS

OBSERVATION

QUESTIONS

DATA

REGISTRATION

EXPERIMENTS

CONCLUSION