NEW LIFE OF THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUMS WITH THE STORIES OF THEIR PROFESSORS

The University museums become very important for the history of the Universities, if they reconstruct the activities of illustrious professors, thanks to their researches, the collections were increased. Reconstructing their career is fundamental for Museums, since it permits to contextualize collections that were important for the studies of several subjects of many professors, who shared them with colleagues and pupils, and thanks to which it is possible to construct nets of relationships both at national and international level. An important witness is present in a section of the portal of the Italian Net of the University museums www.retemuseiuniversitari.unimore.it, that is dedicated to 25 histories of important professors of 11 Italian Universities. Each history is characterized by a biography, that is always a fascinating way to get familiar with the personages, then, it is followed by a description of the research activity, in which each professor stood out, that is completed by the main discoveries and works. A last section, that is dedicated to the link with the places of visit, allows to contextualize in the Museums the researches and the activities of the different professors. It is important that, through adequate educational activities, the Museums can bring the professors to life again. That professors, who in the past livened them up with their activities, to give a new life to objects and items.