Program for citizens

Sight, hearing, touch, smell… each sense allows us to explore the Museum in a unique way! On the occasion of SensoriAbile Padova Days, the MUSME offers a special multisensory guided tour for families, designed to welcome and enhance the different ways in which people interact with the Museum.

In addition to listening to the guides’ explanations and taking advantage of the technologies present along the tour route, visitors will be allowed to touch various exhibits and to live the experience in an even more immersive way. Every visitor, adult or child, will be able to discover the History of Medicine in their own way!

The visit will be conducted by Museum staff together with students from the Liceo Amedeo di Savoia Duca d’Aosta of Padua, as part of a PCTO project in collaboration with MUSME and the Robert Hollman Foundation.

More information and bookings at: www.musme.it/padova-sensoriabile

The accessible interactive workshop is suitable for families, and for visually impaired ones, too. It consists in touching a number of skulls belonging to a range of land and marine mammals. Through a series of general descriptions provided by the operator and through the use of touch, the activity aims to enable the audience to distinguish between a herbivorous, a carnivorous or an omnivorous animal. The shape of the skull, the type of teeth and the presence or absence of horns play an important role in achieving this objectives. 
 
Information: Didattico di Medicina Veterinaria – Home page – EN | Centro di Ateneo per i Musei
 
 
Bookings by 30th April: Prof. Giuseppe Palmisano, [email protected] 

Readings and a small workshop for children aged 5 and up and their families. 
 
Free participation subject to availability. 
 
Reservations welcome: 049-8204870. 
 
In parallel with the activities aimed at citizens, the library portal https://www.bibliotechecivichepadova.it/it will host a “focus on” on the theme of accessibility of books, resources and library services with in-depth bibliographical and sitographical information. 

The last Sunday in August brings to the stage a great female role, at once powerful and fragile. A vital and unscrupulous woman, enamoured of a man morè young than her and ready to do anything to save this unexpected and overwhelming dream of love. The Last Sunday in August is an original text, written by Fulvio Pepe, and inspired by Lev Tolstoy’s 1883 play entitled The Power of Darkness.  
 
Bookings for accessible performances must be made through the FORM on the page: Accessibility Teatro Stabile del Veneto | Info and initiatives, at least 5 days before the date of the performance. 
 
TSV provides persons with disabilities/disabilities with a reduced rate ticket (equal to the Under 26 rate). The accompanying person, if provided by the disability certificate, is entitled to a free ticket. Guide dogs are permitted. 
 
When purchasing/picking up tickets at the theatre box office, a valid identity document and a disability/disability certificate or Disability Card must be shown. In the case of online purchase, identity documents and the disability/disability certificate may be randomly checked by TSV staff. 
 
For further information: [email protected] 

The interactive museum of small animals, insects and silkworms has always been committed to reducing sensory and physical barriers, and on Saturday 17th May an event will be organised for everyone, including people with visual impairment, in order to enjoy an unforgettable, different museum experience. In addition to the ordinary visit, it will be possible to take part in a guided tour and interactive live experiences involving touch and hearing.

Information and bookings by 30th April: 049-8910189 or [email protected] 

 

The last Sunday in August brings to the stage a great female role, at once powerful and fragile. A vital and unscrupulous woman, enamoured of a man younger than her and ready to do anything to save this unexpected and overwhelming dream of love. The Last Sunday in August is an original text, written by Fulvio Pepe, and inspired by Lev Tolstoy’s 1883 play entitled “The Power of Darkness”.  
 
Bookings for accessible performances are to be completed through the FORM on the page: Accessibility Teatro Stabile del Veneto | Info and initiatives, at least 5 days before the date of the performance. 
 
TSV provides people with certified disabilities with a reduced rate ticket (equal to the Under 26 rate). The accompanying person, if provided by the disability certificate, is entitled to a free ticket. Guide dogs are allowed. 
 
When purchasing/picking up tickets at the theatre box office, a valid identity document and a disability certificate/document are required to be shown.  In case of online purchase, identity documents and  disability certificate/document may be randomly checked by TSV staff. 
 
For further information: [email protected] 

The multisensory and accessible exhibition on Nature will include, in addition to the tour, themed workshops on illustrated tactile publishing that will take place in the afternoon (the calendar will be available soon). 
 
The exhibition is a new way to explore naturalistic and environmental themes, investigated through the fingers, creativity and manual dexterity, which will be the leitmotif to include sighted and non sighted people in an immersive and multisensory experience. 
 
The international illustrators and artists selected to create the exhibition worked on four thematic areas: germination, growth, adulthood and the life cycle. Each theme is represented by art and tactile installations. storiesulledita.it 
 
Information and workshop bookings by 4th May: [email protected] 

The activity is proposed by the University Centre for Museums in cooperation with the University Public Engagement OfficeTactile workshop open to all in Sala Quaranta. 
https://www.unipd.it/palazzo-bo-giro-storico-informazioni-tariffe 
 
Please indicate the presence of visitors with motor disabilities so that the visit proposal can be properly structured. 
 
Reservations by 9th May (max. 30 visitors per shift): Chiara Marin,[email protected] and 331-2339521 

Dinner in the dark is a convivial moment where, being the sense of sight put aside, attention can be addressed to other senses. It is surprising how much can be discovered “in the dark” and how listening may take different forms.

After taking their seats, the group will explore through touch the layout of the table and learn the technique of pouring their own drinks. The sense of taste will suggest to the participants the dishes to be tasted, and then the adventure will begin!

Reservations are subject to availability: 342-8328505 or [email protected] 

The multisensory and accessible exhibition on Nature will include, in addition to the tour, themed workshops on illustrated tactile publishing that will take place in the afternoon (the calendar will be available soon). 
 
The exhibition is a new way to explore naturalistic and environmental themes, investigated through the fingers, creativity and manual dexterity, which will be the leitmotif to include sighted and non sighted people in an immersive and multisensory experience. 
 
The international illustrators and artists selected to create the exhibition worked on four thematic areas: germination, growth, adulthood and the life cycle. Each theme is represented by art and tactile installations. storiesulledita.it 
 
Information and workshop bookings by 4th May: [email protected] 

The multisensory path takes place in Museum’s Plaster cast gallery of classical art, where modern reproductions of Greek and Roman sculptures are exhibited, realized in plaster, and therefore explorable and accessible with the use of touch.  
 
The goal is to connect ancient works and people through an inclusive way enabled by visuo-tactile integrated exploration. 
 
The activity lasts one hour. 15 people are allowed per visiting slot. Visiting slots start at 3.00 p.m., 4.00 p.m. and 5.00 p.m. (last admission). 
 
Reservations by 9th May: please contact 049-8273939 (avaible daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or [email protected] 

Readings and a small workshop for children aged 5 and up and their families. 
 
Free participation subject to availability. 
 
Reservations welcome: 049-8205067 
 
In parallel with the activities aimed at citizens, the library portal https://www.bibliotechecivichepadova.it/it will host a “focus on” on the theme of accessibility of books, resources and library services with in-depth bibliographical and sitographical information. 

Throughout the afternoon, visual tests, myopia and astigmatism, hypermetropia, anisometropia and ambiopia assessments will be carried out on children and teenagers up to 18 years old.
In the event of a positive result, the user will be referred to an ophthalmologist for further diagnostic tests. 
 
An optician/optometrist and an orthoptist will be present to carry out the visits. 
 
For further information please contact:  [email protected] 

The activity will be held on the premises of the Morgagni Museum, which houses advanced pathologies, congenital anomalies and bodily alterations that may not be suitable for the sensitivity of all participants. The workshop will also involve the use of resin casts of pathological human bones. The activity is therefore not recommended for persons under 16 years of age, pregnant women and particularly sensitive persons. 

Reservations required by 4 May (for a maximum of 10 people): https://www.eventbrite.it/e/biglietti-un-mistero-paleopatologico-padovano-1317382218679 

 

Dinner in the dark is a convivial moment where, being the sight put aside, attention can be addressed to other senses different from the sight. It is surprising how many discoveries can be made in the dark and how listening takes on other forms.

After taking their seats, the group will explore through touch the layout of the table and learn the technique of pouring their own drinks. The sense of taste will suggest to the participants the dishes to be tasted, and then the adventure will begin!

Reservations subject to availability: 342-8328505 or [email protected] 

A reading of picture books and tactile books with a shared creation of a sensory-perceptual book. The activity is reserved for guests of the OIC Nazareth Home for the Elderly in Padova. 
 
In parallel with the activities aimed at citizens, a “focus on” on the theme of accessibility of books, resources and services in libraries with bibliographical and sitographical in-depth analysis will be available on the Libraries portal https://www.bibliotechecivichepadova.it/it. 

Information meeting on the accessible resources of the MLOL platform: e-books, LIA e-books, audio books, newspapers and magazines. 
 
Participation is free while places are available. Reservations welcome: San Gaetano Civic Library,[email protected] and 049-8204801 
 
In parallel with the activities aimed at citizens, the library portal https://www.bibliotechecivichepadova.it/it will host a “focus on” on the theme of accessibility of books, resources and library services with bibliographical and sitographical insights. 

The multisensory and accessible exhibition on Nature will include, in addition to the tour, themed workshops on illustrated tactile publishing that will take place in the afternoon (the calendar will be available soon). 
 
The exhibition is a new way to explore naturalistic and environmental themes, investigated through the fingers, creativity and manual dexterity, which will be the leitmotif to include sighted and non sighted people in an immersive and multisensory experience. 
 
The international illustrators and artists selected to create the exhibition worked on four thematic areas: germination, growth, adulthood and the life cycle. Each theme is represented by art and tactile installations. storiesulledita.it 
 
Information and workshop bookings by 4th May: [email protected] 

The story of an author who has become blind. A meeting with Paolo Piccoli.

The activity is addressed to adults.

For further information: [email protected], or phone number: 0498204878.

Information meeting on the accessible resources of the MLOL platform: e-books, LIA e-books, audio books, newspapers and magazines. 
Participation is free while places are available. Booking is recommended: biblioteca Bassanello, [email protected] or 049-8205037
 
In parallel with the activities aimed at citizens, the library portal https://www.bibliotechecivichepadova.it/it will host a “focus on” on the theme of accessibility of books, resources and library services with bibliographical and sitographical insights. 

The multisensory and accessible exhibition on Nature will include, in addition to the tour, themed workshops about illustrated tactile publishing, taking place in the afternoon (the calendar will be available soon). 
 
The exhibition is a new way to explore naturalistic and environmental themes, investigated through the fingers, creativity and manual dexterity, which will be the leitmotif to include sighted and non-sighted people in an immersive and multisensory experience. 
 
The international illustrators and artists selected for the exhibition, worked on four thematic areas: germination, growth, adulthood and the life cycle. Each theme is represented by artistic and tactile installations. storiesulledita.it 
 
For information please contact [email protected] 

Reservations for workshops by 4th May: [email protected] 

A musical performance carried out in total darkness is a proposal aimed to know and approach visual disability through the creative expression conveyed by music and the direct involvement of the audience.

The concert includes a performance in total darkness and interaction with the participants, using new ways of approach and involvement, transmitting indelible sensations, emotions and suggestions to the audience, who will have the opportunity to learn about and approach visual sensory disability and enjoy the creative expression conveyed by music in a situation of total darkness.
The event includes four distinct phases of individual experience for each participant.
At the entrance, in a normally lit space, a short ‘convivial’ moment with a welcome drink offered by a member of the organising staff (blind person).
With a short walk along a path wearing a blind mask, participants will be accompanied and guided by the same staff person until they reach the concert venue.
While wearing the mask and collaborating in the performance of the music, simple choral parts will be sung under the guidance of the band.
At the end of the concert, when the mask has been removed, there will be an opportunity to share the experience with the audience.

Maximum participation: 50 people.
Booking is required: the link will be posted shortly 

The activity is proposed by the University Centre for Museums in cooperation with the University Public Engagement Office Tactile workshop, open to all in Sala Quaranta.
Guided tours to Palazzo Bo | Università di Padova

Please indicate the presence of visitors with motor disabilities, in order to ensure a proper structuration of the visit proposal.

Reservations by 9th May (max. 30 visitors per visiting slot): Chiara Marin, [email protected] or 331-2339521 

 

 

Inclusive dissemination paths of STEM disciplines, dedicated to the age group of 11 and up. 

Everything we know, even ourselves, is made up of bricks built into the stars. To get to know them, surprisingly, we do not have to go into space, but into the silence and darkness of an underground tunnel, from where it is possible to discover the origin of matter. 

The project involves the development of various integrated tools, including the creation of a tactile scale model of the new Bellotti Ion Beam Facility, located in the underground laboratories of the Gran Sasso, to be accompanied by activities and in-depth multimedia material.  

For further information: https://www.dfa.unipd.it/stellesullaterra/  

There will be two rounds of visits. 

Reservations: Francesco Marcolin, [email protected] or [email protected] 

 

A high school in the centre of Padua transformed into a true place of art. 
The project aims to bring art and respect for art and the environment to school, making learning environments welcoming, beautiful, meaningful and inclusive. 
The visit includes a tactile exploration of the exhibited works adorning the classroom doors of the Padua high school. 
No reservation is required. 

Listening to a story with your eyes closed for young people and adults. 
Access to the initiative is free subject to availability in each library.

Reservations are appreciated: Biblioteca Civica, [email protected] and 049-8204801. 

In parallel with the activities aimed at citizens, the library portal https://www.bibliotechecivichepadova.it/it will host a “focus on” on the theme of accessibility of books, resources and library services with bibliographical and siteographic in-depth analysis. 

In the Aquarium space, we will set up a multi-sensory pathway in which people will be able to activate or calm their senses through the guided use of the equipment present. The discovery of the therapeutic potential of objects and aids will be a pleasant surprise as it will guide people, who want to experience deep contact with touch, sight, smell and proprioception, to discover that we are all connected, in a space in which multisensoriality is learnt and used to create well-being. 

A maximum of 8 people can enter the experience at the same time for a maximum of 30 minutes. The experiences start at 10 a.m., so please make a reservation in the Aquarium – Snoezelen World space. 

The multisensory and accessible exhibition on Nature will include, in addition to the tour, themed workshops about illustrated tactile publishing, taking place in the afternoon (the calendar will be available soon). 
 
The exhibition is a new way to explore naturalistic and environmental themes, investigated through the fingers, creativity and manual dexterity, which will be the leitmotif to include sighted and non-sighted people in an immersive and multisensory experience. 
 
The international illustrators and artists selected for the exhibition, worked on four thematic areas: germination, growth, adulthood and the life cycle. Each theme is represented by artistic and tactile installations. storiesulledita.it 
 
For information please contact [email protected] 

Reservations for workshops by 4th May: [email protected] 

A four-stage workshop to touch rocks from space, creatures from millions of years ago, ancestors of mankind and animals of the world, to learn all the stories they can tell us about our planet and beyond.

There are no reservations, the activity is available to all people visiting the Museum of Nature and Man on those days.

For more information, please visit the link: https://visitmnu.it/

The guided tour lasts 90 minutes. 15 people are admitted per visiting slot.

Reservation from 7th May: [email protected] or by contacting 049.8273939 (every day from 9 am to 5 pm).

More information about the visit: https://ortobotanico1545.it/eventi/sensoriabile-lorto-in-tutti-i-sensi/

 

On the occasion of the Padova SensoriAbile Days, the Italian Baseball Softball Federation has accepted the invitation of Rovigo Baseball and Softball to play the Bologna-Milan blind baseball match of the Serie A championship in Padova.  

Thanks to the hospitality of the historic Padova Baseball and Softball Club, the players will compete at the Plebiscito stadium in compliance with the utmost silence, which is also required of spectators, in order to hear the sound of the ball, the batting, the reaching of the bases.  

A unique show, not to be missed!  

No reservation required. 

The TSV is committed to making its theatres more inclusive by organising accessible tours for the deaf, blind and motor disabled, through the guidance of an LIS interpreter; tactile tours of the stage or backstage sets and costume tailoring; descriptive narration of the theatre’s spaces and decorations. 

The theatre has lifts and ramps for access to most of the rooms.  

www.teatrostabileveneto.it/visite-guidate 

Bookings until 12 May (25 places available): [email protected] 

Please write ‘Inclusive guided tour’ in the subject line of your booking 17 May 2025. 

In order to organise the visit in the best possible way and adapt the route to the needs of the participants, it is requested that any disability and the presence or absence of an accompanying person be specified. 

Who is a guide dog? How long is its training? Did you know that future guide dogs can be ‘adopted’? 

At the Icevi Europe Conference at the San Gaetano, the volunteers and instructors of the Scuola Triveneta Cani Guida will be available to the public with some of the puppies in training or who have completed it to answer any questions and to present their initiatives and activities. 

In addition, it will be possible for young and old alike to take a blindfolded test run along a short route outside the Cultural Centre together with a guide dog who will lead the experience safely. 

Our hands, instead of long eyelashes, have fingers, and instead of a nice round, central pupil, they have a palm. So what? Can our hands see?

In this activity, in collaboration with the Pieve di Cadore Eye Museum and ManMano – Artistic Atelier, through games and experimentation, we will discover how our hands are able to read the reality around us. We will make big hands and small hands talk to each other and make them explore different materials, to understand how to make them tell a small story.

The activity is for boys and girls aged 4 to 6 accompanied by a parent or adult.

For further information and bookings: www.musme.it/padova-sensoriabile

 

Tactile and acoustic workshop for families. Also suitable for the visually impaired. 

The interactive workshop starts by analysing through touch a series of skulls belonging to the most common species of dolphins present on the Veneto coast. During the tactile analysis, participants will discover the characteristics of the skull, the peculiar shape, the characteristic teeth and above all the precise point on the skull responsible for echolocation, i.e. that particular sense that enables cetaceans to find their way around even in the dark.
A second part of the activity involves a team game, in which each team will consist of two members. Of these, the first will be blindfolded, while the second will have the arduous task of giving directions to enable them to overcome a series of obstacles along the way. 

The comparison in the dolphin world is as follows: the mother dolphin represents the dolphin who has to give directions, the son dolphin is the one who has to receive them in order to overcome interference from human activities. As among cetartiodactyls, the dolphin child will only be able to reach its mother if it has listened carefully to her instructions. 

Reservations by 7 May: Giuseppe Palmisano [email protected] 

A high school in the centre of Padua transformed into a true place of art.

The project aims to bring art and respect for art and the environment to school, making learning environments welcoming, beautiful, meaningful and inclusive.

The visit includes a tactile exploration of the exhibited works adorning the classroom doors of the Padua high school.
No reservation is required. 

 

Readings and a small workshop for children aged 5 and up and their families. 
 
Free participation subject to availability. 
 
Reservations welcome: 049-8204227. 
 
In parallel with the activities aimed at citizens, the library portal https://www.bibliotechecivichepadova.it/it will host a “focus on” on the theme of accessibility of books, resources and library services with in-depth bibliographical and sitographical information. 

 

Inclusive dissemination paths of STEM disciplines, dedicated to the age group of 11 and up. 

Everything we know, even ourselves, is made up of bricks built into the stars. To get to know them, surprisingly, we do not have to go into space, but into the silence and darkness of an underground tunnel, from where it is possible to discover the origin of matter. 

The project involves the development of various integrated tools, including the creation of a tactile scale model of the new Bellotti Ion Beam Facility, located in the underground laboratories of the Gran Sasso, to be accompanied by activities and in-depth multimedia material.  

For further information: https://www.dfa.unipd.it/stellesullaterra/  

There will be two rounds of visits. 

Reservations: Francesco Marcolin, [email protected] or [email protected] 

 

In the Aquarium space, we will set up a multi-sensory pathway in which people will be able to activate or calm their senses through the guided use of the equipment present. The discovery of the therapeutic potential of objects and aids will be a pleasant surprise as it will guide people, who want to experience deep contact with touch, sight, smell and proprioception, to discover that we are all connected, in a space in which multisensoriality is learnt and used to create well-being. 

A maximum of 8 people can enter the experience at the same time for a maximum of 30 minutes. The experiences start at 10 a.m., so please make a reservation in the Aquarium – Snoezelen World space. 

The multisensory and accessible exhibition on Nature will include, in addition to the tour, themed workshops about illustrated tactile publishing, taking place in the afternoon (the calendar will be available soon). 
 
The exhibition is a new way to explore naturalistic and environmental themes, investigated through the fingers, creativity and manual dexterity, which will be the leitmotif to include sighted and non-sighted people in an immersive and multisensory experience. 
 
The international illustrators and artists selected for the exhibition, worked on four thematic areas: germination, growth, adulthood and the life cycle. Each theme is represented by artistic and tactile installations. storiesulledita.it 
 
For information please contact [email protected] 

Reservations for workshops by 4th May: [email protected] 

A four-stage workshop to touch rocks from space, creatures from millions of years ago, ancestors of mankind and animals of the world, to learn all the stories they can tell us about our planet and beyond.

There are no reservations, the activity is available to all people visiting the Museum of Nature and Man on those days.

For more information, please visit the link: https://visitmnu.it/

The guided tour lasts 90 minutes. 15 people are admitted per visiting slot.

Reservation from 7th May: [email protected] or by contacting 049.8273939 (every day from 9 am to 5 pm).

More information about the visit: https://ortobotanico1545.it/eventi/sensoriabile-lorto-in-tutti-i-sensi/

 

The activity is aimed at girls and boys aged 8-12.

The Museum of History of Medicine in Padua proposes a multisensory educational workshop designed for families, to let them discover the secrets of human anatomy together. During this special edition of the CadaverLab, adults and children alike will be able to explore the human body thanks to accessible explanations offered by Museum staff, through 3D models on touch screens, and interaction with tactile supports aimed to make the experience inclusive and engaging. A unique opportunity to approach the wonders of the human body in an enjoyable, educational and accessible way.

For further information and bookings: www.musme.it/padova-sensoriabile

The multisensory and accessible exhibition on Nature will include, in addition to the tour, themed workshops about illustrated tactile publishing, taking place in the afternoon (the calendar will be available soon). 
 
The exhibition is a new way to explore naturalistic and environmental themes, investigated through the fingers, creativity and manual dexterity, which will be the leitmotif to include sighted and non-sighted people in an immersive and multisensory experience. 
 
The international illustrators and artists selected for the exhibition, worked on four thematic areas: germination, growth, adulthood and the life cycle. Each theme is represented by artistic and tactile installations. storiesulledita.it 
 
For information please contact [email protected] 

Reservations for workshops by 4th May: [email protected]