Museo del Fiore

About the museum

The Museo del Fiore is part of the network of museums and visitor centres of the Parco del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga. It was created in an underground room of the convent of San Colombo in Barisciano and aims to illustrate simply but rigorously the richness and diversity of the park’s plants, the factors that shaped them and the importance of protecting them.

Visitors make a “virtual journey” through the different ecosystems and plant landscapes of the protected area, aided by images, films, animations and plant material that can be touched and handled. The museum is suitable for schools and universities and can be combined with a visit to the adjoining Centro Ricerche Floristiche dell’Appennino, which holds a large herbarium and a carpoteca (collection of fruits and seeds), and with the trail through the ancient Selva dei frati forest that surrounds the convent, one of the best-preserved oak woodlands in central Italy.

Highlights

• Virtual journey through the park’s plant diversity
• Plant material to touch and handle
• Educational route “Un giorno da florista”
• Centro Ricerche Floristiche with herbarium and carpoteca
• Trail through the Selva dei frati

Permanent exhibition

• Viaggio nella diversità vegetale del Parco – Multimedia route through the ecosystems and plant landscapes of the park, with images, films, animations and plant materials to touch.

Operated by

Parco nazionale del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

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Kids & families

• Hands-on stations

The plant material on display can be touched and handled; the route includes images, films and animations.

Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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