Museo storia naturale di Pisa

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Museo storia naturale di Pisa is an Italian natural history museum at Pisa . It is part of the University of Pisa.

In 1596 Grand Duke Ferdinand I of Tuscany, established the Museum of Natural History of the University of Pisa, transferring specimens from the Florentine palaces of the Medici, particularly from the Uffizi. This was expanded to serve the the natural history faculties of the University of Pisa.Initially the gallery was in the botanic gardens (Orto botanico di Pisa) The oldest collections in the museum are Niccolò Gualtieri’s shells (1741. In 1814, the Botanic Garden (directed by G. Savi) was separated from the Natural History Museum (directed by G.Santi) and in 1827, Paolo Savi,assembled more than five thousand zoological specimens mostly extant.

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[edit] Vertebrate Collections

The museum contains the osteology collections of Richiardi Sebastiano.

[edit] Insect collections

The museum contains insects collected by

[edit] References

  • Tosi A., 2002. Art and science between neoclassicism and romanti-

cism: the Botanical Garden in the modern age. In: Garbari F., Tongiorgi Tomasi L., Tosi A., Giardino dei Semplici - Garden of Simples: 189-209. Ed. Plus, Pisa.

  • Tosi A., 2002. Il Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe. In: AA.VV., Arte e Scienza nei musei dell’Università di Pisa: 313-327. Ed. Plus, Pisa.

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