From the Amazon to the Museum
Voci, Saperi, Patrimoni. Dall'Amazzonia al Museo
(Voices, Knowledge, Heritage. From the Amazon to the Museum)
6 December 2025 – 22 March 2026
They come from the Brazilian Amazon, bringing with them their voices and their knowledge: they are the “Living Museums” connected to the Projeto Nova Cartografia Social da Amazônia.
Driven by the urgency to preserve their territories and cultures, they assert an identity with complex and deeply rooted origins.
The unprecedented dialogue between a “traditional” museum and these “centres of sciences and knowledge,” developed together with lecturers, researchers, and scholars from Italian and Brazilian universities, invites visitors to reflect on the very idea of the museum and on the need to rethink ethnological heritage beyond narratives, representations, and classifications that have historically been constructed about others.
The exhibition, on display until 22 March 2026, represents the first public presentation of a project involving the Civic Museum of Modena, the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures of the University of Bologna, and the “Living Museums” of the Projeto Nova Cartografia Social da Amazônia.
The exhibition opens during the two weeks (1–13 December) in which Modena and Bologna host representatives of seven Brazilian Amazonian communities. They are present to share the voices and knowledge of the “Living Museums” through meetings, exhibitions, debates, performances, and events dedicated to the protection of their territories, cultures, and identities.
Curated by:
Francesca Piccinini, Elena Righi, Cristiana Zanasi – Civic Museum of Modena
Alessia Di Eugenio, Nicola Biasio, Roberto Vecchi – Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, UNIBO
Cynthia Carvalho Martins – Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA) and PNCSA
Camila do Valle – Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) and PNCSA
Alfredo Wagner Berno de Almeida – Universidade do Estado do Amazonas (UEA), Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM) and PNCSA
Juliene Pereira dos Santos – Centro de Ciências e Saberes Mãe Cachoeira
Jurandir Novaes – Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA) and PNCSA
Altaci Rubim Kokama – Centro de Ciências e Saberes Tradicionais Kokama Lua Verde “Yatsikira”
Maria Alice Karapãna – Centro de Ciências e Saberes Manoel Paulino Karapãna
Maria Nice Costa Machado – Centro de Ciências e Saberes Apolônio Machado
Ednaldo Padilha – Centro de Ciências e Saberes Mãe Pruquera
Daniel de Souza – Centro de Ciências e Saberes Francisco Melo
Reginaldo da Conceição da Silva – Centro de Ciências e Saberes Carmelita Nunes da Conceição – Carmé
Opening hours
Tuesday–Friday: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm and 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays: 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Admission included in the Civic Museum ticket; free entry on the first Sunday of each month.
museocivico@comune.modena.it
Tel. +39 059 203 3101 / 3125