Country: Italy – Italia – City: Rome – Address: Palazzetto Mattei in Villa Celimontana in Rome, Via Della Navicella 12
Exploring the archive: a journey into the Italian Geographycal Society Geographical Society
Description:
On the occasion of the European Geography Night 2025, to be held on Friday 4 April, the Italian Geographical Society will offer an exclusive exhibition of its heritage inside the evocative rooms of the 16th century Palazzetto Mattei.
As every year, GeoNight represents an important opportunity to open the doors of the headquarters to a wider and less specialised public, allowing them to discover the treasures kept in the archives and to promote the dissemination of geographical culture, both historical and contemporary.
The exhibition will take visitors on a journey through ancient maps, historical photographs, rare books and technological innovations. The itinerary will start from the Library on the ground floor and then extend to the upper levels of the building.
This year, the exhibition itinerary will include insights into some of the protagonists of the explorations, the precious documentation preserved in the collections of the Italian Geographical Society and other important institutions such as the Museo delle Civiltà (MUCIV). New methods of dissemination and exhibition will also be experimented, interweaving demo-ethno-anthropological skills with a geographical perspective.
The guided tours, organised in groups, will take place in the afternoon and will continue until late evening, approximately from 16:30 to 23:00.
Main objectives:
The GeoNight represents an opportunity for the Italia Geographical Society to open the doors of its headquarters to a non-specialist public, the possibility to make known the treasures and beauty preserved in its archives and to develop the dissemination of past and present geographical knowledge.
Event language: Italian
The event will be: “Live” in presence
Link (for online events): it will be displayed here as soon as possible
Reference person: Rossella Belluso – Role or function: Segretario generale – Reference organization: Culture Institute
Those who organize are: Academics, Geography enthusiasts, Students
Estimated starting time (local time): 4:30:00 PM
Expected duration: until late at night
Event program: it will be displayed here as soon as possible
GeoNight code:
