01. DESCRIPTION

3500 years ago in the Great Plain

RECIPIENTS:
Primary schools: 3rd class 4th class 5th class - Secondary schools: 1st class

Everything that is not possible in a “traditional” museum becomes a reality in the Montale Archaeological Park, a place where science and popularisation combine to allow visitors to discover one of the most representative archaeological realities of our territory and of European proto-history: see the traces of the village of Montale in the archaeological area and relive the atmospheres of 3500 years ago in the open-air museum with life-size reconstructions of fortifications, dwellings and production areas.

The class is guided to the discovery of the terramara, but also to retrace the stages of the work that archaeologists have carried out at the Montale site: the archaeological excavation, the analysis of the finds, the reconstruction. With this methodology, the children/youths perceive the reconstruction area as the result of a research process that they themselves have the opportunity to experience.

The class processes data in the SpazioLab, a new multifunctional space, recently granted for use by the Municipality of Castelnuovo Rangone, equipped with the latest technology and furnishings.

03. DETAILS

Useful information

WHERE:

• Terramara di Montale archaeological park and open-air museum
  Via Vandelli (State Road 12 -Nuova Estense) - Montale Rangone (MO)

PERIOD:

• September to June (the route takes place mostly indoors and the premises are heated with the exception of the reconstructed houses).

DAYS:

• Monday to Friday

TIMETABLE:

• 09:00 - 12:00 (10:00 - 13:00 for non-provincial schools);

• 14:00 - 17:00 (afternoon courses are suspended from mid-November to the end of February).

COST:

• € 7.00 per student.

• Free admission for teachers (two per class), disabled persons and accompanying persons.

DOWNLOADABLE TEACHING MATERIAL

It will be provided in hard copy at the end of the visit.

• Class workbook (.pdf)

• Fact sheet for primary school pupils (.pdf)

ITINERARY REFERENT:

• Maria Elena Righi
  Educational service archaeological and ethnological collections of the Museo Civico di Modena.
  elena.righi@comune.modena.it