Teaching activities and schools
Our educational activities
Reconstructions and stagings so you can “climb aboard” and experience the history of the relationship between Genoa and the sea firsthand.
The tour of the museum is a journey in the history of navigation from the Middle Ages to the modern day, passing through four fundamental eras of seafaring: the age of the oar, experienced on galleys; the age of the sail, dominated by the ship of the line; the age of steam, with its steamboats full of immigrants; and the age of large merchant ships and contemporary migrations.
The MEM Memory and Migrations section tells the story of Italian emigration in the Americas at the beginning of the 1900s as well as contemporary migration to Italy.
The Open Air Museum, with historic cranes and machines to move cargo, is reminiscent of how the dockyard of Genoa used to be; the Nazario Sauro S-518 submarine, moored at sea, allows visitors to experience up close the living conditions of the crew aboard a submarine. Are you ready to guide your crew towards an unforgettable adventure? Climb aboard!
Activities for 1st grade secondary school
Postcard kit
After a 30-minute visit to the "MEM - Memoria e Migrazioni" route to focus on the Italian emigration of the late nineteenth century, we analyze together photos and letters from that time.
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Activities for 1st grade secondary school
The Merica!
Let us retrace the journey of an emigrant in the 19th century: there are the checks to be passed, the voyage by ship, the companions on the voyage, life on board. We will visit all the rooms of the ship and open a suitcase containing personal memories and belongings.
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Activities for all schools of order and grade
MEM – Memory and Migration
The route tells the journey of the Italians who emigrated to America at the end of 800 and then describes Italy today, also a country of immigration.
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Activities for all schools of order and grade
Navigate the centuries
The visit is spread over three floors of the museum: we will discover the port of Genoa in the '400, Colombo and the exploration trips, the galleys and the arsenal of the Republic, the merchant ships of the '700 and '800, the transition from sailing to steam.
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Activities for first and second grade secondary school
Floating Royal Palaces
Ship decorations played an important role in shipbuilding: To frighten enemies, be auspicious, or represent the wealth and power of the owner.
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Activities for Grade II secondary school
The submarine between past and present
When were submarines born and for what purpose? After a historical tour of submarines and submarines, we reflect on their use today in Italy and the rest of the world.
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Activities for kindergarten
A sea of monsters kindergarten
Let’s discover together what threatens the health of the sea and its inhabitants and then we iberiamo the sea from the plastic with games and small quizzes.
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Activities for kindergarten
Stardust
Navigators have always looked at the sky and stars and used them to orient themselves.
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Activities for kindergarten
To the boarding!
How do you become pirates and pirates? Passing tests of courage and cunning and discovering the environments of the museum.
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Activities for lower and upper secondary schools
Doctors and migrants
Discover how medicine worked on board the steamships that carried Italians from one side of the world to the other
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Activities for lower and upper secondary schools
Lepanto, 1571
An experience that involves everyone, exploring history while having fun and learning to work together.
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Activities for lower secondary schools and upper secondary schools (first two years)
Tools to navigate
Quadrante, bussola, solcometro, astrolabio e carta nautica. Tanti strumenti con un solo unico obiettivo: orientare la nave e navigare in sicurezza.
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Activities for middle school
How does a submarine work?
With the help of simple games involving all participants, we understand together the principle of Archimedes how sonar works, a tool that the submarine uses to identify obstacles and dangers. Then we visit the Nazario Sauro and we look for his curiosities.
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Activities for primary school
A sea of monsters primary school
Let’s find out what threatens the health of the sea and its inhabitants. Free the sea from plastic with games and small quizzes.
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Activities for primary school
Compasses in space
Navigators combine sky and star observation with the use of a compass to orient themselves.
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Activities for primary schools
Suitcases and bundles
If you were setting off for a faraway destination, what would you want to take with you?
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Activities for primary schools
The museum heads to the galley
What do sailors need to eat to survive long sea voyages?
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Activities for provincial adult education centres and schools for the training of Italian as a foreign language
Intertwined stories
A guided tour of the route that tells the journey of Italians who emigrated to America at the end of 800 and then describes Italy today, also country of immigration.
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Activities for secondary school second grade
Columbus and America: discovery or conquest?
We discover the history of Admiral Columbus and some of the most important geographical explorations from the '500 onwards. We investigate the dynamics that led to the discovery of America contextualizing the historical period. We will know the instruments on board and how they will change in the next expeditions from '500 to '800. Activity type: themed tour
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Stories of the sea
A library of Sea Stories to explore the Galata Maritime Museum with podcasts, images, cards to connect with the themes that we will meet at the museum.
The Digital Library Storie di Mare was created for the school public, but is accessible to all. Each story examines the most significant and special works of the museum and is structured with an audio podcast, images, presentation and text.
All material can be downloaded and used independently or shared in class.
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