The 'Room of Crystals' was one of the events taking place during the "Researchers' Night", a day fully devoted to promote science, organized by the Department of Chemistry, the Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, the CNR-IMEM, and the Department of Food Sciences of the University of Parma on September 27th, 2013. It attracted over 400 visitors - members of the general public and schoolchildren who learned about the beauty and importance of crystallography.