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.
Casazza primary school, Brescia,Italy 2011
Feng-si Junior High School, Kaohsiung City,Taiwan, 2016
the Museum Door
Staff, Schools & Groups from the World
A staff is ready for questions, answers, meetings, courses on line and in presence. Schools and groups can meet here and share news and informations.
Activities in progress
What we can find inside....
Macro photography & video
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.
Children friendly Classification
Our old Trailer!
Drawing & Art
Small animals offer a great variety of shapes and colours for the drawings of children, and macro projection allow also very detailed "live" copy by the young discoverers. Here are works from common classes and from schools of arts. We have put also "glass insects" and other by adult artists who have agreed to be hosted in our museum, as probably children will find them interesting.
This video trailer was made in 2016, about an old artisanal version of the Museum.
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.
Go into the Museum
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 sites, but we use social networks as well, and we are going to upgrade and activate the other platforms too.