INFORMATION

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• Information: 06 49917116
• Ticket office: 06 49917107 

Opening hours 2019

• April to October: 9:00 – 18:30
• November to March: 9:00 – 17:30

The Botanical Garden Museum is open daily, including Sundays and holidays

OGGI CHIUSO – Today closed (DPCM 1° aprile 2020)

Dogs are not allowed to enter

Free guided tours every Sunday* 11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m. * regular admission fees

* Ordinary admission fees. No reservation required

Educational activities and guided tours

GUIDED TOURS

 Reservation required (info-ortobotanico@uniroma1.it – 0649917116)

Duration: 90 minutes. Age: from 6 years old 

Rates (excluding admission): €2.00 per person for school groups and groups of 20 or more; €4.00 per person for non-school groups or groups of less than 20

– BOTANICAL GARDEN TOUR Tour focusing on the Botanical Garden Collections with references to the various areas of Botany, the history of the Botanical Garden of Rome and Villa Corsini, and the functions and strategies of the Botanical Garden

– THE ULTRACENTENNIAL TREES Trail on the ultracentennial trees of the Botanical Garden

– MEDICINAL PLANTS Route to the “Garden of Simples” with insights into medicinal plants

– ENDANGERED SPECIES (IUCN, CITES) Pathway on endangered species listed on the IUCNe Red List in the Appendices of CITES

– THE DYEING PLANTS Pathway on plant species important for making natural dyes

– THE LIVING FOSSILS Trail dedicated to living fossils

– PLANTS IN MYTH Trail dedicated to plant species that recur in religious and folk myths and traditions

– PLANTS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Course on plant species used in the construction of musical instruments

– EVOLUTIONARY PATH Path dedicated to evolution, from bryophytes to pteridophytes, gymnosperms and angiosperms

– THE ROSES Dedicated route to the Rose Collection (April-May)

– THE IRIS Route dedicated to the Iris Collection (May)

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

                   Reservation required (info-ortobotanico@uniroma1.it – 0649917116)     

D                 duration: 45 minutes workshop + 45 minutes guided tour

                   rates (excluding admission): €2.00 per person for school groups and groups of 20 or more; €4.00 per person for non-school groups or groups of less than 20

  -THE 5 SENSES We experience the colors, smells and tactile characteristics of plants and make drawings (ages: 4-10)

 -EXPLORATIONS Let’s explore the Botanical Garden, collect plant material and observe it in the lab (ages 4-10)

      -LET’S BUILD A HERBARIUM We learn the rules of botanical nomenclature and make a herbarium specimen (ages: 4-18)

      -WE OBSERVE THE LEAF We observe the shapes and colors of leaves in the field and in the lab (stereomicroscope and light microscope (ages: 6-18)

      -WE OBSERVE THE FLOWER We observe flowers in the field and in the lab with the stereomicroscope (ages: 6-18)

-WE OBSERVE THE TREES We observe trees in the field (roots, stem, branches and leaves) and then draw their architecture (ages: 6-13)

-PLANT ADAPTATIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT We observe the adaptations of plant organisms to the environment (ages: 10-18)

     -PIGMENTS We observe the colors of leaves, flowers and fruits (ages: 6-18)

     -WHAT PLANT IS IT? We learn to use analytical keys to determine plant species (ages: 6-18)