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From ice to us

MUSE Research on Glaciers in the Anthropocene

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The United Nations has designated 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation, and for the occasion MUSE Agora is hosting a project dedicated to the museum’s research activities on glacial environments and their biodiversity.

Glaciers hold valuable information, preserving the Earth’s past and revealing what the future may hold. They cover about 10% of the Earth’s surface, but are key climate regulators and habitats that are home to a unique biodiversity that is threatened with extinction by unprecedented rates of melting. Their disappearance is causing profound changes to the mountain and polar environment and landscape, with negative impacts on activities such as tourism, agriculture, livestock farming and the management of hydroelectric power.

🔬 MUSE’s research

AAt the heart of the exhibition are the results of MUSE’s scientific research at high altitudes and in relation to the cryosphere: through texts, equipment, artefacts and multimedia content, you will learn about the methods, the technologies and the results of glaciological, biological and ecological studies carried out in the area.

🏔️ The glaciers’ legacy

Glaciers are a testament of our history. Glaciers can be envisioned as vast archives where each layer of ice is like a page in a book, recounting stories of the past—of human activities and natural phenomena. The retreat of glaciers represents more than a physical loss; it is a profound erasure of the Earth’s historical memory.
The exhibition encourages visitors to consider the deeper meaning behind this change: the loss of glaciers can become an impetus to rethink our role on the planet and the relationship between humans and non-humans.

🎥 Video stories

◆ Melody of the Ice // Chapter 1: The Summer of Làres
The first chapter of a long-term project documenting the melting of the Lares Glacier in the Adamello-Presanella range.
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Script, direction and photography: Paolo Ghisu and Stefano Collizoli. Produced by Zalab and Bianconero.

◆ Chasing Glaciers
Through photographs, infographics and captions you can learn about the methods and locations of research carried out by MUSE at high altitudes and in relation to the cryosphere.

MUSE photo archive. Graphic design and editing by eDesign Trento.

◆ The Void in the Ice
What changes are taking place deep inside glaciers? MUSE and the Gruppo Speleologico di Lavis seek to answer this question.

Produced by MUSE.
An excerpt from the documentary presented at the Trento Film Festival.

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❄️ A year full of cultural offers to mark the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation

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