An Ecology and Natural History Museum
was established in 1994 at Marano Sul Panaro, in the transition
zone between the Po Plain and mountain landscapes. Strongly didactic
in its aims, the Museum is equipped with a scientific-educational
laboratory and is linked to an Environmental Education Service
which provides guided visits and natural history excursions.
The Museum's first two rooms introduce the visitor to geology,
palaeontology and ecology (with zoological, mineralogical, palaeontological
and botanic exhibits), while the next five illustrate the main
natural environments found in the Province of Modena (rivers,
meadows and forests) with the aid of panels, dioramas, aquariums,
aqua-terrariums and materials displayed behind glass.
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