Museo Cappeller

About the museum

The Fondazione Museo Cappeller arose from the wish of Luciano Cappeller, owner of the eponymous wildlife park, to share his taxidermy collection with visitors. The idea of creating a museum took shape after an encounter, during an exhibition, with his long-time friend Dr Miolo, who was showing a replica of Lucy, the Australopithecus afarensis. The museum opened in 2009, in the bicentenary year of Charles Darwin's birth.

The route opens with a room devoted to human evolution, from Proconsul to Australopithecus afarensis, from Homo erectus to Homo sapiens, with the main discoveries reproduced at life size. In the second part visitors journey through the continents, meeting the animals that inhabit them: a collection of around 5,000 specimens, intended to remind us that animals are a heritage to be respected while alive and preserved once they are gone.

The exhibition covers about 2,400 square metres, from the prehistory room to the halls of the continents, and up to the most recent pavilion, devoted to invertebrates. The museum is located inside the Parco Faunistico Cappeller, in Cartigliano, and also offers educational activities for schools and groups.

Highlights

• Hall on human evolution with life-size reproductions, from Proconsul to Homo sapiens
• Around 5,000 taxidermy specimens arranged by continent
• Pavilion devoted to invertebrates
• About 2,400 square metres of exhibition space on two floors
• Educational workshops on prehistory and the micro-world

Permanent exhibition

• Percorso permanente del Museo Cappeller – Hall on human evolution, sections on the continents with taxidermied animals, and the invertebrates pavilion.

Founded

2009

Operated by

Fondazione Museo Cappeller

Admission & discounts

The museum is inside the park: to enter it you must first buy the wildlife park ticket (adults €17, over 60s and military personnel €15, children aged 2 to 10 at €12, free under 2), to which is added the single museum ticket of €4.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The park covers a flat area of 40,000 m² with gentle gradients and alternative routes, and is easily navigable for people with reduced mobility; a map showing the recommended accessible route is handed out at the entrance. Accessible toilets are at the entrance, halfway along the route and near the central bar; reserved parking spaces are in front of the ticket desks and in every row of the main car park. No specific information on access to the museum is published.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Baby changing facilities
• Playground / play area

The park has a play area, baby-changing facilities and picnic areas. For schools and groups, educational workshops are offered (for example on prehistory and the micro-world of invertebrates) with interactive elements.

Getting there & parking

For satellite navigation the park gives “Via Marabelli” (or “Via Mirabelli”), Cartigliano (VI).

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop

Two refreshment bars and souvenir shops in the park, open on the same days and hours as the park; covered and open-air picnic areas.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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