Milan Natural History Museum
About the place
- Country : Italy , Milan
- Address : Corso Venezia, 55, 20121 Milano MI, Italy
- Category : Museums
- Establishing Date : 1838 AD
Milan Natural History Museum
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Overview:
•The "Milan Natural History Museum-Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano", is one of the most prominent natural history museums in Italy and Europe, and the most important tourist attraction in Milan.
Historical Overview:
• The "Milan Natural History Museum-Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano" was established in 1838 AD.
• In 2008, the museum received about 350,000 visitors.
• The museum is located in a building dating back to the 19th century, specifically in 1888 and 1893, in a neo-Roman style, with Gothic elements.
• After the end of the Second World War, in 1952, the museum was reconstructed, as it had been severely damaged by the bombing.
Architectural Description and contents of the museum:
• It is located in the "Jardín público Indro Montanelli" near "Porta Venezia", one of the gates of the historic city of Milan, and was built in the modern Roman style.
• In its beginnings, it included a group of historical structures donated by the biologist "Guseppe de Cristophores" to the city.
• The museum consists of five different sections:
The five sections of the "Milan Natural History Museum-Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano" consist of; the “Mineral Section”: which contains a large collection of minerals from all over the world, and displays the largest piece of crystal in the world, "The Fossils Section”: which contains many fossils of dinosaurs - and other extinct prehistoric creatures, and the "Human Natural History Section" dedicated to the origins and stages of human development and their relationship to the environment.
The "Invertebrates Section": which displays a group of mollusks, arthropods and rare insects, and finally the "Vertebrate Section": that displays the skeletons of European vertebrate animals, such as the "sperm whale", which length is about twelve meters.
How to get there:
The nearest tram station is Palestro
The nearest bus station is Via Palestro M1
The nearest Metro station is Palestro
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