Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia
Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia, Natural history museum in Santa Croce district, Venice, Italy.
The museum occupies the Fondaco dei Turchi, a 13th-century palace along the Grand Canal with a symmetrical marble facade and double-tiered arched loggias.
The Venetian Republic established the museum in 1923 to house scientific collections from the Museo Correr and the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti.
The museum displays over 2 million specimens across eleven exhibition rooms, including zoological collections, fossils, and botanical specimens spanning 700 million years.
Visitors can reach the museum via water bus lines 1 or 5.2 at Riva de Biasio stop, with admission prices at 8 euros for adults and 5.50 euros for reduced rates.
The museum exhibits a complete Ouranosaurus nigeriensis dinosaur skeleton and remains of a giant Sarcosuchus imperator crocodile from the 1973 Ligabue Expedition.
Location: Venice
Inception: 1923
Founders: Venice
Official opening: 1836
Accessibility: Accesible en silla de ruedas
Opening Hours: Martes-Viernes 09:00-17:00; Sábado-Domingo 10:00-18:00
Phone: +390412750206
Email: nat.mus.ve@comune.venezia.it
Website: https://msn.visitmuve.it
GPS coordinates: 45.44167,12.32854
Latest update: March 3, 2025 11:37
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