Il Geobiolab – European Laboratory of Naturalness – is an educational and museum facility dedicated to the history of the Earth and the evolution of biodiversity: a journey of lights, sounds, and colors that paint the fresco of life in the natural landscape of the Sannio Beneventano. The exhibition project, developed with the scientific consultancy of the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences of the University of Sannio – Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences –, extends over 1,000 sqm of the building, surrounded by 25,000 sqm of splendid agricultural land, and is curated by Mizar srl, led by the renowned physicist and science communicator Paco Lanciano. Geobiolab is a fantastic journey through space and time, discovering well-known, lesser-known, or perhaps forgotten elements of the environment around us, guiding us especially to the knowledge of the natural history of the environment and territory of Sannio. The adventure combines scientific research and playful activities, bringing together virtual reality, 3D videos, photos, scenographic reconstructions, exhibits, “talking” machines and much more. The visitor thus transforms into an explorer of planet Earth, with particular attention to that tiny corner of the world that is Sannio. Trees, flowers, animals, water, but also the underground: up and down the old Bishop’s Farmhouse or former Colony, with the help of technology, one realizes again that technology itself is not everything; that before, around, and beneath virtual reality there was and is something else: the Earth, the Planet of a thousand colors and the iron laws of nature. It is a wonderful world, made of harmony and beauty, but it can also become violent and hostile, bursting forth with all its strength before amazed and powerless humans. The processes that led to the formation of the Earth’s crust are explored, along with volcanic phenomena, the water cycle, the formation of mineral and energy deposits, the birth of flora and fauna, and the diversification and proliferation of species: a fascinating path to reclaim one’s deepest identity while, as much as possible, mending the compromised relationship between humans and nature. The Museum is equipped, on the upper floor, with spaces dedicated to laboratory activities, designed especially for students, who thereby have the opportunity to conduct scientific experiments of great interest and curiosity. A visit to Geobiolab ensures joyful and constructive moments of reflection for adults and children, school groups and families, starting from solid notions of geology, botany, and zoology to arrive at an understanding of the reality and world that surround us.
Information about Geobiolab – European Laboratory of Naturalness
Contrada Pontecorvo snc,
82100 Benevento (Benevento)
0824361385
www.agrobiolabitalia.it
Source: MIBACT
