Turin Museum of Natural History

Turin Museum of Natural History

The Turin Museum of Natural History (Italian: "Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino" or MSNT) was established in 1978 to house the natural history collections of the University of Turin. It is located at 36 Via Giolitti, Turin, in a 17th century building which used to be the hospital of San Giovanni Battista.

The museum has departments of zoology, entomology, botany, minerals, geology and paleontology. It also has a specialist library and an exhibition centre.

People

Naturalists associated with the collections include:
*Franco Andrea Bonelli
*Maximilian Spinola
*Luigi Bellardi
*Antonio Garbiglietti

External links

* [http://www.regione.piemonte.it/museoscienzenaturali Official Site]


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