19 May 2025 – 19 December 2025
When and how was Pavia University born? Where did its founding myths originate?
These are the questions that started a deep research within the University, which culminated with the launch of the exhibition At the origins of the University of Pavia. The exhibition, developed in collaboration with the Pavia University History Center, aimed to shine a light on facts by separating them from centuries of mythologies used to legitimize political, cultural and economic claims.
9 June 2023 – 24 September 2023
Inaugurated on the occasion of the Night of Archives Festival (the 2023 theme was Carnet de voyage), the exhibition led through papers and documents not usually on display which demonstrate the extraordinary centuries-long journey to attempt to capture and describe the beauty of the human body and its structures. The “journey into the beauty of the human body” that doctors and anatomy scholars undertook was mostly solitary; however, during the crossing, these extraordinary men found invaluable help in peculiar and perhaps unexpected allies: artists.
28 October 2022 – 28 February 2023
The University History Museum is almost a century old and houses objects, volumes and documents that illustrate to the history of the Alma Ticinensis. The Keeper of Memory exhibition was therefore dedicated to the origins of the Museum, the cultural context in which its establishment was first planned and the long path that led to the growth of the collections currently showcased.
26 September – 7 October 2022
On the occasion of Sharper Night 2022, the History Museum and the Department of Mathematics held the conference: Touching geometry: the collection of mathematical models of Pavia University; the conference was accompanied by a small exhibition of mathematical models of curves and surfaces, which in their symmetry proved to be extremely fascinating and capable of helping the visitor discover geometric properties and reveal hidden stories.
26 February – 31 March 2022
An intinerary dedicated to microscopy, with instruments belonging to Antonio Scarpa, Bartolomeo Panizza, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Camillo Golgi and Unipv students. Many of these instruments were purchased from the famous manufacturer Giovan Battista Amici.
Through objects of great beauty, visitors discovered different models of microscopes and their key role in several turning points in the history of science.
from April 2018 to December 2015
Find out more about our previous exhibitions on the dedicated webpage.