The University opens its doors to spring on Easter Sunday and Easter Monday

28.03.2024

The 2023/2024 academic calendar follows closures during the Easter holidays from Friday March 29 to Tuesday April 2 2024 with University administration offices closed on Easter Monday, 1 April.

Thanks to initiatives and guided tours during the first few days of this holiday, the University of Padua opens its doors for the public to enjoy many of its most beautiful sites.

From 10am to 7pm on Easter Sunday March 31 and Monday April 1, the gates of the Botanical Garden of the University of Padua welcomes visitors to enjoy the greenery in this fascinating UNESCO site as the oldest university scientific garden in the world founded in 1545.

Located in the heart of Castelfranco Veneto, the nineteenth-century complex of Villa Parco Bolasco, opens its door Saturdays, Sundays as well as public holidays, including Easter. With over eight hectares of greenery, thousands of trees and a rich array of fauna, the site houses a large area with a lake and two islands fed by the waters of the Avenale stream surrounding the villa. The garden and villa includes a horse stables, a Moorish style greenhouse, two dovecote towers, and an enclave for storing boats.

Parco Villa Bolasco

University museums participating in the Domeniche al Museo initiative, including the museums of Geography, the History of Physics "Giovanni Poleni", Machines "Enrico Bernardi" and Archaeological Sciences of Art will remain open. In particular, the Poleni Museum will host the temporary exhibition Radioactivity - From Nature to Technology. The Museum of Geography on Easter Sunday and Easter Monday welcomes those of all ages on a geographical Easter egg hunt. The exhibition "Paper Regions. Maps and books for a trip to Sicily" includes a cartographic and bibliographical exhibition on Sicily. On Easter Sunday, the Museum of Archaeological Sciences and Art offers two guided tours: "Discovering the Liviano Museum" and "A Museum of light: Gio Ponti and the Liviano Museum".

The Museum of Nature and Humankind remains open both on Easter Sunday and the following day, by showcasing a heritage of 200,000 naturalistic and anthropological artifacts collected over the centuries. Sharing a scientific narrative on planet Earth as an evolving system, the museum explores diversity and the relationships between humans and the environment through engaging multimedia and interactive installations.

Discover the beauty behind the work of architect Gio Ponti found within Palazzo del Bo thanks to guided and independently held tours conducted digitally or through QR code during the Easter holiday. More information available online.