Educational trips
Schools at the Museum
Archaeology Between Play and Discovery
The Obsidian Museum is the only single-site museum facility in Europe dedicated to this extraordinary product of volcanic activity.
To visiting young men and women, it offers in-depth activities that include guided tours of the collection, educational workshops, and visits to the archaeological area in the Obsidian Park on Mt. Arci.
For the 2023-2024 school year, different educational solutions designed by our staff experienced in archaeology and museum education are available. Excursions in the Park allow you to appreciate the natural environment and learn about the extraordinary workshops of the Neolithic period.
The trail is now enriched by the art installations of the Monte Arci LandArt and Un bosco da Fiaba projects.
You can contact our contact persons to design tailor-made school trips to Sardinia, including multi-disciplinary ones, to be carried out at the museum and at school.
To whom they are addressed
Preschool
Experimentation and emotional involvement to bring young children closer to the complex issues of archaeology.
Elementary school
Direct experimentation for our young people visiting to discover archaeology and obsidian.
Secondary school
Interdisciplinary course on topical issues such as the relationship between community and environment and protection of historical heritage.
Obsidian Museum Educational Workshops Catalog.
CRAFTSMEN OF PREHISTORY
Weaving
Workshops to experience gestures, knowledge and tools in use in the Neolithic period: weaving.From plant and animal fibers for weaves, ropes, mats and coverings, to weaves for making baskets, fishing nets and clothing textiles.With experimental weaving activity and creation of a paper.
CRAFTSMEN OF PREHISTORY
The polished stone
Workshops to experience gestures, knowledge and tools in use in the Neolithic: honing stone.Activity dedicated to the practice of honing. Analysis of different lithic materials and tools made by honing. Experimentation with the activity of drilling and smoothing a soft stone element.
CRAFTSMEN OF PREHISTORY
Obsidian
Workshops to experience gestures, knowledge and tools in use in the Neolithic: the use of obsidian.Knowledge of the raw material, its prerogatives and uses in prehistory.Experimentation with the use of obsidian as a cutting stone and making a small leather container.
Human evolution
So much Confusion!
Multidisciplinary approach to the topic of human evolution in light of new scientific evidence. Fascinating journey to discover the evolution of homo sapiens through the use of life-size casts of major hominids that characterize the evolutionary history of the human species.
LET’S SHARPEN OUR EYES!
What happens when an archaeological excavation has concluded? How does the work of archaeologists continue, indoors in their laboratories? Hands-on activity of sorting, selecting, recognizing and cataloging artifacts simulating an excavation context of prehistoric scope.