by Maximiliano Crocamo
Interviews: Alessia Rosolen, FVG Councilor for Employment, Training, Education, Research, Universities and Family Affairs
The Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia has introduced a new cultural initiative focused on historic school heritage, titled Musei scolastici. Presented by Alessia Rosolen, Regional Councillor for Education, the initiative aims to “institutionalise the recovery of educational memory.”
Collaboration has already begun with the Ente regionale patrimonio culturale (Erpac FVG) to support schools in developing educational projects, conducting historical research, cataloguing materials, and creating exhibitions that will make these collections accessible to the wider public.
The regional administration has allocated €100,000 per year for the project under the 2026–28 Stability Law budget.
The programme’s first phase will be experimental, designed to assess the needs of the school system and to develop a model for long-term implementation.
Schools applying to participate must meet the following requirements:
- be secondary schools with at least 70 years of continuous activity;
- submit a didactic project proposal that includes student involvement in the recovery of materials;
- include an exhibition plan with a description and presentation of the collections.
Eligible institutions must also possess a significant historical collection and have suitable spaces for hosting exhibitions.
Applications must be submitted by 30 April each year to the regional government’s certified email address: lavoro@certregione.fvg.it.
The next procedural step will be the publication of the official call for proposals for the Musei scolastici initiative, expected in March, which will include detailed application guidelines.
