"Augusta Redorici Roffi" Museo Civico - Vignola

The exhibition is divided up into two main routes, a palaeontological and a geo-mineralogical route with the addition of a shorter route on the subject of paleo-anthropology. It is designed according to didactic criteria; a general introduction on the subject matter followed by reference to finds in situ placed in the relevant reference environment.
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{"description": "Via Cantelli, 4, Vignola, MO, Italia", "lat": 44.4771794, "lng": 11.0080347}
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In addition to guaranteeing access and opening times, the volunteers take care of;\n-pedagogical and lab activity both in the Museum and in the field.\n-realisation of research projects designed for both high schools and universities.\n-publication of literature and the organising of conferences and meetings on the relevant subject matters.", "type": "unstyled"}, {"data": {}, "depth": 0, "entityRanges": [], "inlineStyleRanges": [], "key": "7njta", "text": "The Exhibition", "type": "unstyled"}, {"data": {}, "depth": 0, "entityRanges": [], "inlineStyleRanges": [{"length": 16, "offset": 53, "style": "BOLD"}, {"length": 17, "offset": 76, "style": "BOLD"}], "key": "3cq79", "text": "The exhibition is divided up into two main routes, a palaeontological and a geo-mineralogical route with the addition of a shorter route on the subject of paleo-anthropology.\u00a0\nIt is designed according to didactic criteria; a general introduction on the subject matter followed by reference to finds in situ placed in the relevant reference environment.", "type": "unstyled"}, {"data": {}, "depth": 0, "entityRanges": [], "inlineStyleRanges": [], "key": "6pl2q", "text": "The palaeontological route", "type": "unstyled"}, {"data": {}, "depth": 0, "entityRanges": [], "inlineStyleRanges": [{"length": 18, "offset": 1079, "style": "BOLD"}, {"length": 9, "offset": 1136, "style": "BOLD"}], "key": "382co", "text": "This route starts off by showing the main types of fossils and proceeds then to fossilisation and concludes with the large overview which sets out the different geological ages, changes to the earth and the evolution of humans, all of which is accompanied by exhibits from all over the world.\nThe glass cases and information panels offer the possibility to observe rich collections of fossils, discovered largely in the province of Modena. The collections of molluscs originating from Vignola and Marano sul Panaro of the Pilocene Epoch are particular interest.\nAlso of the Pliocene age, are the crabs of the genera Cancer, a rare tapir jawbone, skeletal remains of a whale, shark teeth and various plant remains.\nThere are also interesting fossils of the Cretaceous period originating from the Modenese Apennines; two rostra, two vertebrae and a humerus of an ichthyosaurus, two vertebrae of a shark, two ammonites,\u00a0which are extremely rare in the Emilian Apennines, various fish teeth, a coral and a sponge. 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