Special opening of the Museum of Archaeology of the University Museum System of Pavia: Saturday 20 May 2023, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

4 p.m. – Museum visit and Treasure Hunt – BambInFestival, reservation required (max 20 children, 6-10 years): e-mail museo.archeologia@unipv.it

5 p.m. – Finissage exhibition “Artist’s books” with presentation of the catalogue, free admission, event for all.

The Museum of Archaeology takes part in the BambInFestival together with other Museums of the University Museum System. From 19 to 28 May the first completely free festival dedicated to children and their rights returns to Pavia and its surroundings.

BambInFestival, which has enlivened the territory since 2010, returns thanks to the precious contribution and availability of an important network of 80 associations, realities, groups and institutions that have built a rich and varied calendar of 66 initiatives and proposals suitable mainly for an audience from 0 to 10 years old. Children and young citizens will be able to inhabit the city by immersing themselves, together with their families, in many educational, artistic and cultural experiences designed just for them. This is a cultural initiative that is the result of the will of many realities that animate the territory, to build a city capable of welcoming the little ones and giving them the space they are entitled to. The complete programme is distributed in printed form in all the city’s nurseries, kindergartens and primary schools.

The new generations embody the present, they are the first citizens to whom we must turn our gaze and attention: a city that is child-friendly, welcoming and accessible is a happy, beautiful and safe city for all its inhabitants. And it is precisely with children that BambInFestival wishes to cultivate wellbeing today in order to build a better future together, letting ourselves be inspired by the 2030 Agenda with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which, like a weave, run through the initiatives and call us to responsibility and commitment.

Organised by: CSV Lombardy South ETS – Pavia Branch

With the contribution of: Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lombardia and ASM Pavia.

With the patronage and collaboration of the Province of Pavia and the Municipality of Pavia.

Accordingly, the Museum of Archaeology is taking part in the Festival by bringing children and their families together with the 12 contemporary artists Alberto Barbieri, Gianni Cella, Fernanda Fedi, Davide Ferro, Gino Gini, Peter Hide, Andrea Iucu, Fabrizio Molinario, Lele Picà, Isabella Rigamonti, Massimo Romani and Ilirjan Xhixha, who have been exhibiting in the Museum since 15 April with the exhibition Libri d’artista (Artist’s Books) as part of the Incontri d’arte (Art Encounters) organised by the Museum and who will present the exhibition catalogue at 5 p.m. A treasure hunt with lots of surprises will enliven the afternoon at the Museum!

Website: https://archeologia.unipv.eu/

Address: Central Building of the University of Pavia, Corso Strada Nuova 65, Pavia, entrance in the passageway between the Cortile delle Magnolie and the Cortile Sforzesco.