Creato, Bene Comune, mostra sul rispetto dell'ambiente al Museo d'Arte Cinese ed Etnografico, Parma

Exhibit: Creation, Common Good

Exhibit 2016 of the Museum of Chinese Art and Ethnography is entitled "Creation, Common Good", based on the encyclical of Pope Francis “Laudato Si’” on the care of our common home.

Goal and Target

Exhibit on the care of our common home. Ecology needs to become a new paradigm of justice, because nature is not a "mere frame" of the human life.
A teaching exhibit for schools and classes.

The Beauty of Creation

Caring for Nature

Our museum offers images, objects, phrases, new and ancient artifacts, for visitors, schools and groups, to reflect on the beauty of nature, the need to overcome the culture of waste, and to promote human ecology. We know: we are wasteful!

Details

Ben Said and the Owl

The new educational video, such as "Ben Said and the Owl" or the new multi vision "The Legend of the Rainbow" affirms the theme of multicultural approach of the museum of the Xaverian Missionaries, that targets schools of every kind and degree.

Ecology

The didactic tour begins with 26 illustrated double-sided tiles which reflect on aspects of Creation, Common Good, to be respected, cared for, and handed down to future generations

Key Themes

We wish to emphasize the following themes: Nature that nourishes, nature that teaches us, nature to cherish, the beauty of the creation, and caring for our common home.

Thoughtful Steps

As the visitor entes the museum, is surrounded by 22 shocking images of Creation, with its beauty and its challenges

Why are we cutting the branch on which we stand?

Our common home cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of the goods with which God has endowed her

Listen !

Listen...
the wind blows,
the trees sway,
water flows,
flies buzz,
doors creak,
birds sing,
the sound of strings or flutes,
the sighs of the sick,
the groans of the afflicted.

Ali Al-Khawwas

The Earth is not an inheritance from our forefathers but on loan from our children

Refuse to turn reality into an object simply to be used and controlled.
We are not God. The earth was here before us and it has been given to us.
The gift of the earth with its fruits belongs to everyone.
The created things of this world are not free of ownership.
God created the world for everyone. Hence every ecological approach needs to incorporate a social perspective which takes into account the fundamental rights of the poor and the underprivileged.
God gave the earth to the whole human race for the sustenance of all its members, without excluding or favouring anyone.
When we speak of “sustainable use”, consideration must always be given to each ecosystem’s regenerative ability in its different areas and aspects.
The environment is part of a logic of receptivity. It is on loan to each generation, which must then hand it on to the next.

Phrases from "Laudato Si'"

Visiting Times

The Exhibit "Creation, Common Good" is open from Tuesday to Saturday, from 9.00am to 2.00pm, for the school year.

Tel. 0521-257.337
mail@museocineseparma.org

Guided School Tours

Your visit will be guided. The museum space is designed for groups of about 20 people (or less), so as to help appreciate and see the exhibits. The same opening hours of the Museum.
Please call 0521-257.337.

Teaching Ecology

Images, objects, phrases, new and ancient artifacts, to reflect on the care of nature, the need to overcome the culture of waste, and to promote human ecology.
We know: we are wasteful!

Previous Exhibit

The EXPO and Us

Exhibit 2015

Next Exhibit

The Last Heritage of the Lega

Exhibit 2017-18

FaLang translation system by Faboba