Social Networks Over time, many people have been sharing pictures of small animals on our Facebook group. The very core of the Museum in on web site, but we use social networks as well, and we are going to upgrade and activate the other platforms too.
In the beginning there are children exploring their school yard... It all started collecting pictures of insects, spiders, millipedes in the school yard or garden. Then, we have exchanged those pictures on the internet. Scientific names are international, equal in every part of the world. So here is the VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF SMALL ANIMALS, found and shared by children.
We take and share the pictures!
We do science and build our own platform!
We tell and manage the stories!
Here we are writing our online multimedia book on the small animals we meet!
Today, cameras and smartphones allow all, even kids, to take easy macro pictures and discover an amazing reality very close in everyday life.
Direct experience in the field
Our body and living environment, the real world in which we live, that we can see, hear, touch, smell, know. Life is around us, amazing and worthy of respect, with all the wonder of biodiversity. Technology can help us to watch better, remember, share the pictures and sounds of our experience. And we all are, well based on our real life, senses, emotions, the active makers of the information.
Publishing We generally do not think of it, but every picture we post on a social network is actually "published". Besides, there are naturally also books, videos and professional multimedia and web works!
Museum History The Children's Virtual Museum of Small Animals has in fact a long history, and here one can know it.
For Kids, for Teachers, for all People who want to set it up together!
This Museum is an open laboratory in progress to work together, with pictures and stuff from kids and collaborators from all over the world.
The texts in the Museum are in English, because it is an international project. Many videos are in Italian, because it has been developing mainly in Italy.
The scientific names of animals are the same all over the world! Here is a message to begin with, in English and Italian.
Today, July 2025, the different sections of this project are going to renew and reconnect, to work possibly together, in a common and more comprehensive context !
Active Children very temporary logo! logo molto provvisorio!
The Museum Door
For Kids, for Teachers, for all People who want to set it up together!
Here is coming the list of the partners of the new edition 2025, work in progress...
Official video 2014
Here the latest videos on species, Summer 2025, from the playlist
