Città della scienza

History

The museum was built by a public-private foundation called "Fondazione IDIS" in 1985–1996. Città della Scienza grew to become one of the most visited museums of Naples and actually is included in the list of "NGOs in official relations" with UNESCO. The previous Science Centre has been destroyed during a fire arson on 4 March 2013. The science area for kids was the first to be rebuilt and it is actually open to public.

Being de facto destroyed and almost non functioning, Città della Scienza foundation communicates with public thanks to Facebook, its website and Derev (for crowdfunding). Various initiatives (either public and private) were created to collect funding to rebuild completely the whole museum. In April a part of Science Center has been reopened to public.

There are three principal areas but, during the fire, the previous Science Centre was destroyed.:

Science center, the first Italian scientific interactive museum. Now composed by: Corporea (traveling in the human body), 'The sea', children's workshop and a Planetarium

Science Centre – Displaying sections

Laboratories: Bugs' house, GNAM (the Village of Mediterranean Diet and Biodiversity), Classrooms, Children FabLab, Reporteen School

The Città della Scienza organizes events and temporary exhibits about various matters. The most important event is "Futuro Remoto", exhibits and meetings about science, discovery and society.