Museo della Migrazione e Osservatorio Ornitologico

About the museum

The museum is located in the locality of Il Semaforo on Ventotene, in a building erected during the Second World War and recently restored. It is an ecomuseum, visitor centre and observatory devoted to bird migration. For birds crossing between Africa and Europe over the Mediterranean, the island is a stopover.

The exhibition presents the results of about twenty years of research on the island carried out by the Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica, now part of ISPRA, with the help of many volunteer bird ringers. These data helped make Ventotene and Santo Stefano European Union Special Protection Areas.

The route illustrates, with models, reconstructions and films, the reasons for migration, the mechanisms of orientation and the routes. From the terrace above the sea visitors can watch birds in flight and, at the end of the visit, sometimes see a bird-ringing session.

Highlights

• Route on bird migration with models, reconstructions and films
• Twenty years of bird-ringing data from Ventotene
• Panoramic sea terrace for watching birds
• Possible bird-ringing demonstration at the end of the visit

Permanent exhibition

• La migrazione degli uccelli a Ventotene – Models, reconstructions and films explain why birds migrate, how they find their way and which routes they follow across the Mediterranean, based on twenty years of research.

Operated by

Riserva naturale statale Isole di Ventotene e S. Stefano

Visitors per year

approx. 3,400

Admission & discounts

Prices from a Museionline listing: standard €5, reduced €2.50.

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

The museum is in the locality of Il Semaforo, along Via Olivi, on the island of Ventotene.

Amenities & dining

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