Turin Museum of Natural History

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The Turin Museum of Natural History (Italian: Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino) was set up in 1978 to contain 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 sections for zoology, entomology, botany, minerals, geology and paleontology. It also has a specialist library and an exhibition centre.

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Naturalists associated with the collections include:

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