Our Mission

The Museum of Geography of the University of Padua was born to promote the knowledge of geography by enhancing a unique heritage, collected in 150 years of scientific and teaching activity in the Paduan University.

To relaunch the role of a discipline often considered boring and irrelevant in contemporary society and culture, our museum places itself at the center of the national debate, aware of the deep connections that this subject has with everyone’s life and with the greatest current issues.

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Internship

Explore the internship opportunities available at the Museum of Geography and in other university museums! Discover how to enrich your education with practical experiences in a unique and stimulating environment.

Participate in our initiatives

Participate in our cultural and educational activities. Find out the next programmed events, come and have fun!

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Organize an event at the museum

Discover how to make your next event unique in a space rich in history and culture: transform it into a memorable experience at the museum!

Support the museum

Help us preserve and enrich our cultural heritage for future generations. Discover how to make your donation to the Museum of Geography.

Write to us

Do you have questions or suggestions? Write to the museum! We are here to listen and answer all your curiosities.

SPONSORS, DONORS, AND DONATORS

The Museum of Geography was created thanks to the determination and resources of the Department of Historical, Geographical and Ancient Sciences, the University of Padua, and the University Centre for Museums. Additional valuable economic and scientific support is provided by the Department of Geosciences. Over the years, these entities have been joined by sponsors and donors, supporting the Museum and/or some of its specific projects. To them goes our most sincere thanks. They support us:

BCC Veneta

They have supported us:

BCC Patavina | HERE MAPS | CORVALLIS S.p.a.

The following contributed to the Save the Globes crowdfunding project for the restoration of two 17th-century Blaeu globes: Lions Club Padova Gattamelata and 36 other generous donors: Francesca Arbitani, Filippo Ballo, Sabrina Bargna, Marco Bernardini, Valentina Cipriani, Elena Ersova, Michela Figaroli, Gloria Fedrigo, Alessandra Frison, Giulio Gallani, Francesca Gallo, Davide Galati, Federico Gianoli, Antonia Gravagnuolo, Renata Granzarollo, Silvia Gross, Heorhii Heorhiichuk, Paolo Manfredi, Sabina Magro, Giacomo Mocellin, Michele Migliorini, Amedeo Pugliese, Riccardo Parolin, Martina Perin, Dietelmo Pievani, Tania Rossetto, Diego Rizzardo, Manuela Rivecchio, Donato Russo, Brunella Santi, Daniela Sacco, Beatrice Sbrissa, Laura Segato, Ilaria Tomasi, Eleonora Turrini, Michele Vico.

DONORS

There are also special people who, over the years, have contributed to growing the Museum’s heritage by choosing to donate their collections to the Museum of Geography so that they could be preserved and made accessible to the community.

Thanks to:

  • 2019 – Francesca Ghirardelli
  • 2020 – Liceo ginnasio Tito Livio
  • 2020 – Carlo Fumian
  • 2020 | 2021 | 2023 – Armando Morbiato
  • 2022 – Claudio Pavan
  • 2022 – Marcello Manzoni
  • 2022 – Damiano Faraoni
  • 2023 – Maria Luisa Lombardi
  • 2024 – Fabio Roncato
  • 2024 – Laura Pugno