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Students discover how archaeologists excavate, document, and interpret archaeological finds. Through practical activities, they learn how evidence recovered from the ground is studied to reconstruct the lives of past societies and understand the scientific methods used in archaeological research.

After preparing their own pigments by grinding ochre with stone pestles and collecting the powder in a shell, participants create paintings on a replica cave wall using brushes, leather pads, and charcoal, just as prehistoric artists once did.

An exciting journey into the origins of music introduces students to ancient sounds while they build a bullroarer, a prehistoric instrument of shamanic origin that is still used by some traditional cultures today. At the end of the workshop, each participant takes home the musical instrument they have created.

This sensory journey invites students to immerse themselves in the world of prehistory. Blindfolded, they explore different materials by touch and smell, attempting to identify them while learning about their characteristics and ancient uses. The activity continues with an interactive learning experience centred on the burial of the Young Prince of Arene Candide Cave, a hunter who lived around 24,000 years ago, and the grave goods that accompanied him into the afterlife.

Using a traditional stone quern and hand grinder, each participant mills a small quantity of wheat into flour, which is then mixed with water and salt to make dough. The dough is baked on a heated stone slab, and at the end of the workshop everyone has the opportunity to taste bread prepared using ancient techniques.

Students discover how textiles were produced in the ancient world, following every stage of the process—from sheep shearing to weaving on a weighted Neolithic upright loom. After learning the basics of warp, weft, and weaving techniques, each participant creates a strip of fabric on a small frame loom and takes it home as a souvenir of the experience.

Beginning with a block of clay, students learn how to make a small pot using the traditional coil-building technique. The finished vessel is decorated by impressing shells or wooden tools into the surface, inspired by prehistoric pottery. Each participant takes home the ceramic pot created during the workshop.

Using images and visual examples, the educator introduces the origins of writing, from pictograms to alphabetic scripts, with particular attention to cuneiform writing. Participants prepare a clay tablet and inscribe their names with a stylus using the Ugaritic cuneiform alphabet. Each student takes home their personalised tablet.

Participants weave a raffia necklace and attach a handmade copper-wire pendant inspired by archaeological examples of double-spiral pendants from the Metal Ages. Each student takes home their finished piece as a reminder of the workshop.

This workshop introduces students to the remarkable tradition of prehistoric rock engravings found in the Finale area, one of the richest collections in Liguria. Working like ancient stone carvers, participants create their own engraved stone using traditional stone tools and take their artwork home at the end of the session.

Using clay, children create dolls, rattles, spinning tops, and other objects inspired by toys from the past, discovering how children played in ancient times.

Students learn about Roman lighting techniques and the characteristics of terracotta oil lamps. Using clay and guided by the educator, each participant creates and decorates a Roman lamp inspired by original artefacts displayed in the museum before taking it home.

Students discover the fascinating history of perfumes through a hands-on sensory experience. Working as ancient Roman perfumers, they select and blend oils, herbs, and natural essences to create their own unique fragrance. At the end of the workshop, each participant takes home a small container filled with their personalised perfume.

The educator introduces participants to the workspace of a medieval manuscript scribe, complete with inks, pigments, parchment, and illuminated manuscripts, explaining the various stages involved in producing a medieval codex. Each student then works at their own sloping writing desk to create an illuminated manuscript page, decorating an initial letter using the traditional guazzo painting technique and writing a short text with ink and a quill pen. This hands-on experience offers insight into the painstaking work of medieval scribes. At the end of the workshop, each participant takes home their completed manuscript page.

The workshop begins with a visit to a 14th-century wall painting cycle, after which participants create their own small fresco using traditional techniques. Students first prepare a small quantity of plaster and spread it onto a cardboard support. They then transfer a preliminary drawing using the pouncing technique before applying pigments onto the still-wet plaster to complete the painting. Each participant takes home their fresco as a lasting reminder of the experience.

Producing cloth in antiquity involved many stages before a finished textile could be made. In this workshop, students learn the process of carding wool, transforming raw fleece into spinnable fibres. They then create their own spindle whorl, inspired by archaeological examples displayed in the museum.

What was it like to be a student in Ancient Rome? In this workshop, participants discover Roman education by making and using the ancestor of the modern notebook: the wax writing tablet.

Fire, Water, Earth and Air...This imaginative workshop introduces children to the figure of the shaman, believed to communicate with the Four Elements. Participants explore the objects traditionally associated with a shaman before creating and decorating their own miniature shaman's pouch to take home.

Students create a small mosaic using coloured glass tesserae while learning the artistic techniques the Romans used to decorate the walls, ceilings, and floors of their domus (houses).

Using a piece of clay, the children will try to reproduce the figurine of the "Mother Goddess" or "prehistoric Venuses", typical of the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods.