The Bracco Foundation partners with the UNESCO Virtual Science Museum
Bracco Foundation is a partner of the UNESCO Virtual Museum of Science, a global digital platform – literally a museum without borders – set up under the aegis of UNESCO as part of the International decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development (2024–2033) to promote open, inclusive and reliable access to scientific knowledge.
The platform aims to strengthen STEM education, scientific outreach, and inclusivity by offering access to information, educational resources, knowledge, and archival materials from institutions and museums worldwide.
The Bracco Foundation’s contribution, which consists of portraits and biographies of five great contemporary Italian women scientists, is to be found under the “Women in Science” section. Bracco selected the five names from among those included in Una vita da scienziata [Life as a Woman Scientist], a photographic exhibition first mounted in 2019 to showcase female excellence in scientific research.
The five photographic portraits by the renowned photographer Gerald Bruneau feature Patrizia Azzi, Patrizia Caraveo, Caterina La Porta, Luisa Torsi and Paola Velardi, who now join the UNESCO Museum's virtual galleries and thus give global voice to the Bracco Foundation’s message of gender equality in the sciences.
December 15, 2025: The official launch
The online launch of the UNESCO Virtual Science Museum is scheduled for 15 December 2025, after which this new digital space dedicated to knowledge, education, and discovery will remain open to all members of the global public.
This is a partnership of international significance through which Bracco Foundation is renewing its commitment to the promotion of scientific culture, valuing the talent and expertise of women in building a more equitable, informed, and future-oriented society.
The exhibition “Life as a scientist”
The exhibition “Life as a scientist” presents the faces and the competences of some of the greatest Italian women scientists, protagonists of the “100 women against stereotypes” project that was created to highlight female expertise in sectors still perceived as male dominated.
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