Museo di Zoologia
Museum of the Department of Biology “Lidia Liaci’’’ of University of Bari Aldo Moro was founded in 1925. After several changes of venue, in 1992 Museum was transferred to University Campus. Today, it is an exhibition space of 170 mq, divided into two rooms and is home to a thousand zoological specimens. It is a place where researches, environmental protection, education and science popularization have been carried out. Educational activity is designed for students of natural sciences, biological and environmental sciences and consist in practice of recognition and exploration of preparations, projection of films and seminars. Popular activities, however, takes place through guided tours for school groups of all levels, film projections, use of multimedia technologies and lectures on aspects of wildlife and nature conservation. It is a member of Interdepartmental Center of Services for Scientific Museology (CISMUS) and collaborates with several institutions for the study and protection of ecosystems in Puglia.
