Misplaced Pages

Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova) Natural history museum in Genoa, Italy
The front façade of the museum

The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria is a natural history museum in Genoa, northern Italy. It is named after the naturalist Giacomo Doria, who was the founder and the curator for over forty years.

The museum was founded in 1867 and contains over four million specimens from all over the world. It contains zoological, botanical and geological collections. Important collections include those of Luigi D'Albertis, Leonardo Fea, Arturo Issel, Orazio Antinori, Odoardo Beccari and Lamberto Loria. Since 1922, it is the headquarters of the Società entomologica italiana (lit. 'Italian Entomological Society').

History

The museum originated from an idea and the support, especially financial, of the founder.

External links

44°24′09″N 8°56′34″E / 44.40250°N 8.94278°E / 44.40250; 8.94278



Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This article about a museum in Italy is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: