{"id":6116,"date":"2026-02-05T10:51:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/astri-among-the-key-players-in-the-renewal-of-the-specola-museum-of-the-university-of-bologna\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T10:55:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:55:59","slug":"astri-among-the-key-players-in-the-renewal-of-the-specola-museum-of-the-university-of-bologna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/astri-among-the-key-players-in-the-renewal-of-the-specola-museum-of-the-university-of-bologna\/2026\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"ASTRI among the key players in the renewal of the Specola Museum of the University of Bologna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ml9bztg5-ae41a25821cfdcecce0fe4e70d1789fb\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-ml9bztg5-ae41a25821cfdcecce0fe4e70d1789fb{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-ml9bztg5-ae41a25821cfdcecce0fe4e70d1789fb .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-ml9bztg5-ae41a25821cfdcecce0fe4e70d1789fb .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-ml9bztg5-ae41a25821cfdcecce0fe4e70d1789fb av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >ASTRI among the key players in the renewal of the Specola Museum of the University of Bologna<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ml9c08m3-ad9cccdcb0e81614f837da54353bae0b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On January 30, 2026, the <\/span><b>new exhibition path at the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/sma.unibo.it\/it\/il-sistema-museale\/museo-della-specola\/museo-della-specola\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Specola Museum of the University of Bologna<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was inaugurated, following a complete renovation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project is not only a tribute to the Astronomy of the past, but also a bridge toward the Astrophysics of the future. Following the thread of the segmented mirrors conceived by Guido Horn d\u2019Arturo, visitors reach the fifth floor, where they are welcomed by a<\/span><b> 1:4 scale model of<\/b> <b>an ASTRI Mini-Array telescope<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, precursor of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctao.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><b>CTAO<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) <\/span><b>Small-Sized Telescopes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. On the wall, ASTRI\u2019s modern mirror segments echo the gaze toward the original 1.80-meter mirror, reinstalled in Horn d\u2019Arturo\u2019s original location.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ml9c1v44-d3d888b5e1f1afb5ddedc527a8c3c0c7\">\n.avia-image-container.av-ml9c1v44-d3d888b5e1f1afb5ddedc527a8c3c0c7 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-ml9c1v44-d3d888b5e1f1afb5ddedc527a8c3c0c7 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-ml9c1v44-d3d888b5e1f1afb5ddedc527a8c3c0c7 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-6121 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-6121 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/specchi-e-modellino-di-ASTRI-VPiano-1.jpg\" alt='The ASTRI mirrors, manufactured by Media Lario, and the 1:4 scale model of the ASTRI Mini-Array telescope, built by Dal Ben, are on display at the Bologna Specola.' title='specchi e modellino di ASTRI VPiano'  height=\"563\" width=\"845\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ml9c2ae3-1ec7821fbadadd22d61170e1fa2c7341 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new exhibition was made possible thanks to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pnrr.inaf.it\/progetto-ctaplus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>PNRR CTA+ project<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, funded by the European Union (Next Generation EU, Project IR0000012 CTA+ M4.2-3.1, CUP: C53C22000430006 \u2013 WP 1620) and coordinated by the <\/span><b>Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><b>INAF<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). This initiative returns to Bologna an architectural jewel, now accessible to students, enthusiasts, and visitors, offering a unique window into how Italian science contributes to large-scale projects in very-high-energy Astrophysics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For further information, please refer to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.unibo.it\/it\/articoli\/dalla-terra-al-cosmo-lateneo-svela-i-nuovi-percorsi-della-scienza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">news published on the University of Bologna website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media.inaf.it\/2026\/01\/30\/inaugurazione-specola-rinnovata\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MediaINAF website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 30, 2026, the renewed exhibition path of the Bologna Specola Museum was inaugurated. The new layout connects the history of Astronomy with the future of Astrophysics, featuring a CTAO-dedicated room with an ASTRI Mini-Array telescope model and segmented mirrors inspired by Guido Horn d\u2019Arturo\u2019s pioneering vision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6116"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6123,"href":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6116\/revisions\/6123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astri.inaf.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}