Le Tavole Murali di von Schroeder

The Chemistry Museum of Rome University has been

established in 1986 and opened  to public in 1992. It is

sited at the ground floor of the Chemistry Department.

Its overall surface is about 250 m².

It is directed by Prof. L. Campanella assisted by dr.ssa

M.G. Troiani and  the Museum Council (M. Beccari, F.

Calascibetta, N. Nicolini, S. Panero, B. Scrosati,Mauro Berretti, Michele Debegnach) and

supported by two  studentships.

The Chemistry Museum exhibits and keeps scientific

instruments, teaching tools, chemical substances,

 collections and documents, belonged to S. Cannizzaro

and his group and dating since 1872 when Cannizzaro

 came to Rome and established the Regio Istituto Chimico.

Worthy to be mentioned cryoscopes, ebullioscopes,

spectroscopes,  different analytical strumentation and

chemical apparatus,  the von Schroeder’s coloured tables of

early industrial chemical plants and collections of natural

and artificial dyes and of ancient booth. Also on exhibit

are some radio activity measurement apparatus built by

G.A. Blanc working in this Department at the beginning

of 20^th century. All this material was collected both inside

and outside the Chemistry Dept. paying careful attention

to dismissions  of obsolete instruments everywhere it occurred.

Related to Museum are also some ancient precious

 books exposed in show cases located here and there in the Dept.  

Since the Museum has large windows open toward the

Chemistry Department hall, people can have a look at

many of these apparatus just walking through the

Department main entrance.

The Chemistry Museum organises guided visits and  temporary exhibitions:

among them of  particular success were  “Mass measurements

in chemistry and physic” (together with the Phisical Science Museum);

 “Old instruments of the Kircher Museum”: “Stress in metallic

materials”; “Old salt works in Tarquinia”; “Treasures

of Chemistry Department”; “History of distillation”; “To

feed on rainbow” and more recently “Science and Art", "Chemistry Show".

The exhibitions of the Museum occupy the halls of the Museum

and are scattered along the Department.

Museum has also produced some multimedia programs reporting about

its precious content and activity both particularly on the impact and contribution of Chemistry to life and society and on didactics of Chemistry.

Le Tavole Murali di von Schroeder