As a place of collective memory and art, the museum also has an important educational role: it’s a place where one can converse with history and its artefacts.
Here at the Civic Museum, visitors have access to guided tours, workshops for children and various educational activities. In addition to the guided tours pertaining to the temporary exhibits, the museum offers tours of the permanent collection to schools and groups of every age, by appointment.
Visitors will be able to get to know the history of this building and its rooms, such as the beautiful frescoed room where one will find many important works, starting with the sculpture dedicated to the Tessitrice (Spinner) and the busts commissioned by Alessandro Rossi, until recently hosted at Asilo Rossi; this is followed by the important works by French artist Louis Dorigny, that enrich the collection and are a crucial testimony of the important relationship between our area and the “Serenissima” Republic of Venice.
Visitors will also get a taste of contemporary art, an integral part of the museum. Our staff will tell them all about Estonian artist Raul Meel, his story and work, in the rooms dedicated to him.
The museum also takes part in cultural events and leisure moments such as the Giornata Nazionale delle Famiglie al Museo (National Families at Museums Day) and the Festival Musei Altovicentino (Museum Festival of the Northern Vicenza Province), in which games and workshops are organised for families and children, in order to discover – by learning and having fun – the museum’s collections and the activities it proposes.
Visits and workshops for schools
Information on accessibility.
Tickets
Civic collection: free entry
Temporary exhibitions: dedicated page.
School tickets
Each teacher can customise the itinerary to help their class discover the exhibition on their own:
Free entry up to 12 years of age
2,00 € per student (free entry for two chaperons for each class)
Interactive guided tour for schools, differentiated in accordance to age and contents.
Total duration: 1 hour
€ 5.50 per student (free entry for teachers and chaperons)
Educational workshop for schools: workshops with artefacts and unpublished photographic material
Total duration: 1 hour
€ 80.00 per class
Information needed to reserve:
- Date of visit and arrival time, including a second option for the date;
- School info (telephone number, fax/email contacts, contact teacher);
- Number of students and teachers; Type of activity requested Accessibility and other special requests
Teachers of State Schools must forward the reservation and payment module to their school’s administrative offices to guarantee the emission of a digital invoice and payment before the visit. Otherwise payment in cash is possible on arrival.
Tours are reserved for students and teachers and therefore parents aren’t permitted to join the group with the exception of specific situations, of which the museum must be pre-emptively made aware.
School groups are required to arrive ten minutes before the allotted time for any educational activity in order to complete the ticket office procedures.
School visits are possible Monday to Saturday, even outside opening time, always on appointment.
Food and beverage
Food and beverage is strictly forbidden within the exhibition rooms and the Civic Museum.
Piazza Falcone Borsellino, a large square where one of the entrances to the Museum is located, is completely traffic-free: it can be used to sit on the benches, take a break and enjoy some playtime.
Information and reservations:
museocivico@comune.schio.vi.it
Tel. 0445 691343
To subscribe to the museum’s mailing list (for schools only):
museocivico@comune.schio.vi.it
Tel. 0445 691343