The Department has a library consisting of three service areas with reading rooms and group study rooms (Anthropology, Entomology, Via dei Sardi) and three study rooms in external locations (Comparative Anatomy, Zoology, Physiology), for a total of 176 reading places.
The bibliographic collection, housed in various locations, consists of approximately 39,000 books and 50,000 periodical issues and is dedicated to the Department's disciplinary and study areas. It also has the Museums of Comparative Anatomy (Director: Prof. R. Castiglia) and Zoology (Director: Prof. P. Audisio).
The Department organizes cultural activities at these facilities, promoting science and enhancing the historical and artistic heritage.
In 2017, the BBCD Department curated the exhibition "DNA. The Great Book of Life from Mendel to Genomics" at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, which was a great success (approximately 90,000 visitors). These are the activities for the five-year period 2015-2020.
| MANAGER | ACTIVITIES |
|---|---|
| Andrea Mele | Creation and naming of a display case in honor of Daniel Bovet in the Physiology building (2018). |
| Paolo Audisio | Consultancy and collaboration with the Natural History Museum of the University of Maputo (Mozambique). |
| Participation of the Museum Hub in the Maggio dei Musei (Museums' Day). | |
| Riccardo Castiglia | A journey through the evolution of vertebrates: Special opening of the Night of Museums.2016-2018. |
| Animaux sauvages - Wild Animals Seen by Schili: Exhibition of paintings entitled: "Animaux sauvages - Wild Animals Seen by Schili."(2017) | |
| Museum loans to national and international exhibitions.(2017-2018) | |
| Participation in the initiative organized by the Rome Sapienza Foundation "Discovering Excellence: Visit to the Museums of the Sapienza Museum of Comparative Anatomy" Battista Grassi.(2018) | |
| Paolo Ciucci | Member of the ISPRA Technical Panel for "Conservation Genomics for the Marsican Brown Bear."January 30, 2020. http://www.parcoabruzzo.it/news-orsomarsicano-dettaglio.php?id=58540. |
| Member of the Technical Panel for the Abruzzo Region for "Cynological Forms Compatible with the Presence of the Marsican Brown Bear."(August 3, 2020). |