DOMUS – Dolomites Museums of Science

The Network has been established to enhance some local museums with their peculiar exhibitions that otherwise remain unknown, favouring in this way the dissemination of the scientific culture at national and international level too.

Considering the various inquiries coming from schools, common Italian citizens and foreigners, aroused by the inclusion of venetian Dolomites in the World Heritage List, as serial natural Good, such knowledge is not easily accessible at present, because of the lack of a connected museum system for the province of Belluno.

What said above is of use in particular for schools, as an interactive museum website created according to the new technological models, can represent an important support for science teaching at all levels of schooling.

THE MUSEUMS

The DOMUS Network is currently composed of 6 museums:

Museum of geology, paleontology and mineralogy of the Agordo Dolomites

The Museum hosts an abundant collection of materials and artifacts, illustrating a range of subjects, from geology and stratigraphy to mining history and technology.

Paleontological Museum “Rinaldo Zardini”

A collection of globally significant marine invertebrate fossils found in the local area, and in optimal state of conservation.

“Palazzo Corte Metto” Museum

It includes sections on geology, mineralogy, archeology, zoology and botany, while giving particular attention to the museum's embeddedness in the Cadore area, and more specifically in Auronzo.

Paleontological Museum “Le radici della vita”

The museum has a surprising variety of objects and artifacts which tell parts of the story of evolution of life on earth from its origins to the arrival of humans.

Natural History Museum of Alpago

Natural History Museum characterized by a vast collection, assembled over time and with passion through the efforts of a group of local experts.

“Vittorino Cazzetta” Museum

The museum focuses on thematic areas of geology, geomorphology, paleontology, archaeology and human history in relation to significant local findings.