PaleoAquarium: In the suggestive setting of the Biancamano Hall of the National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci, on June 26th at 09.30 will be held the official presentation of an exhibition designed to make a mark in the Italian scientific and educational scene: “PaleoAquarium”, an interactive journey into the heart of the prehistoric oceans, where the real protagonists are not the terrestrial dinosaurs, but the gigantic marine reptiles who shared with them the Jurassic and Cretaceous era.
The exhibition, which will open to the public on 27 September 2025 at the Kosmos Museum in Pavia, represents an unprecedented project for scientific rigor, visual impact and educational value. A real dive into the deep past of the Earth, where the visitor will find himself face to face with hyper-realistic models in scale 1:1, original casts of fossils and immersive interactive installations capable of combining emotion and knowledge.
Speaking at the Milan press conference were three exceptional protagonists of the national scientific scene.
Paolo Mazzarello, delegate of the Rector to the Museums of the University of Pavia and Director of Kosmos, stressed the importance of an initiative that “not only enhances the Italian paleontological heritage, but promotes a rigorous dissemination and at the same time accessible, able to speak to different audiences, from children to specialists”.
Simone Maganuco, naturalist, paleontologist and creative mind behind PaleoAquarium, explained the scientific heart of the exhibition: “This is not just an exhibition of finds. We wanted to reconstruct, with the help of an international team and a world-renowned paleoartist, a prehistoric marine ecosystem in its complexity, where each model tells not only an animal, but an evolutionary story, a behavior, a survival challenge”.
Paolo Guaschi, curator of Kosmos and head of the section of Paleontology, illustrated the details of the set-up that will occupy the spaces of the Pavese museum for nine months, until 28 June 2026: “It will be a dynamic, multisensory journey, where interaction will be the key to understanding how these extraordinary animals lived and how modern paleontology manages to reconstruct them with precision almost The event has a clear vocation: Fusing spectacle and scientific method, without ever giving in to superficiality.
The exhibition is also an important example of interdisciplinary collaboration, involving artists, technologists, museologists and paleontologists in a choral work of the highest level. At a time when scientific education is more central than ever, initiatives such as this represent not only a cultural event, but a real investment in the future.