Un approccio sperimentale multisensoriale per le Scienze della Terra [A multi-sensory experimental approach for Earth Science]

The University of Catania is making a significant effort, within the mission of relationship with civil society, through the University Museum System in promoting initiatives that - combining strategies of audience development and audience engagement -encourage not only an enhancement of the rich heritage it has, but also a greater involvement of different audiences in its cultural offer. The recent multi-sensory experience to discover geology and mineralogy, described in this contribution, is an example. It had a dual purpose: on the one hand, to bring some young students closer to STEM subjects, towards which there is growing disaffection, through an experimental approach; on the other, to raise awareness of inclusiveness by making them part of the less fortunate visitors, blind or visually impaired, who are used to enjoying the collections through the senses.