Museo di scienze naturali "Don Bosco"
Educational museum of the Salesian institute in Alassio with about 15,000 specimens in 16 natural science sections.
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About the museum
The Museo di Scienze Naturali “Don Bosco” is an educational museum housed in the Salesian institute of Alassio. It holds about 15,000 specimens arranged in 16 sections, covering botany, entomology, Ligurian geology, ichthyology, malacology, mycology, mineralogy, palaeontology, psammology, thalassology and zoology.
Many of the stuffed animals reflect the systematic collecting of the 19th century, when natural history collections served the teaching of science.
Highlights
- About 15,000 specimens in 16 sections
- Collections of botany, entomology, ichthyology and mineralogy
- Stuffed animals from 19th-century collecting
- Free admission
Permanent exhibition
- Collezioni di scienze naturali – Sixteen sections with about 15,000 specimens, from botany and entomology to Ligurian geology, mineralogy and zoology.
- Operated by
- Istituto salesiano Don Bosco di Alassio
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
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