Bright Night: The Researchers’ Night in Tuscany

On the last Friday in September, ‘Bright: the Researchers’ Night in Tuscany‘ returns. In Tuscany it is called BRIGHT-NIGHT, from the acronym ‘Brilliant Researchers Impact on Growth Health and Trust in research’.

The event will take place in the city centre. Each square offers workshop and interactive activities, talks on topics related to current affairs, a space for children with games, experiments and quizzes, and a corner to present local craft products connected with the world of research.

Once again this year, the University of Pisa’s Museum Network offers a wealth of activities for young and old alike! The stand of the Calci Natural History Museum will be in Piazza Santa Caterina to present the upcoming exhibition ‘Leap into the Dark’, exploring the creatures of the deep.

The Scuola Normale Superiore, the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and the Pisa Research Centre – CNR are also taking part in the initiative with an equally packed programme.

Bright Night will also take place at Virgo, the European Gravitational Observatory just outside Cascina – the institutional headquarters of the Virgo experiment, Europe’s only gravitational wave detector – and, for the first time, in Pontedera, from 3.00 pm to 10.00 pm in Piazza Cavour and at Number 35.