School Museum

Created by the distinguished professor Ida Rampolla, the museum traces the history of education and teaching through priceless and rare school memorabilia.

The museum presents an extensive collection of historical school materials, including notebooks with themed covers.

These colourful and detailed covers range from art nouveau designs and photos of the First World War, Fascism, literary works, calligraphy, great historical figures, Italian beauty, arts and crafts, sports, animals, fairy tales, art and comics, through to Anne Geddes' modern notebooks.

The exhibition shows the evolution of the art of drawing and mindsets over time.

For example, covers dedicated to animals move from moralistic fairy tales with anthropomorphic animals and celebrations of hunting to a modern love for the animal world, influenced by a new ecological consciousness. Another central theme is the notebooks inspired by Edmondo De Amicis 'Libro Cuore', a classic of Italian school literature, with illustrations that evoke photo-novellas and depict famous scenes from the book's monthly stories.

NOT TO BE MISSED

The foreign notebooks from Europe, India, Japan and South Africa, accompanied by grammar books and dictionaries from peoples such as the Zulus, offer a perspective on different global educational methodologies.

The museum also exhibits old school manuals, educational games, felt boards, abacuses, calculators, pens, nibs and inkwells.

The educational texts provide a glimpse into the educational concepts of the past, with contributions from illustrious authors such as Luigi Natoli, Vanni Pucci, Giuseppe Fanciulli and Grazia Deledda.

Finally, a section is dedicated to the University, faculty caps, Latin parchment degrees, student work and research, school yearbooks, diplomas, report cards and historical documents of great interest.