Museo di Scienze Naturali di Mosciano Sant’Angelo

About the museum

The museum was founded next to the Colle Leone Astronomical Observatory, set up by the amateur astronomer Fausto Marini in Mosciano Sant’Angelo. It is a scientific, popular-science and educational collection devoted to palaeontology, mineralogy and meteoritics.

The collection of minerals and fossils is still housed temporarily in the observatory's spaces, pending completion of the permanent premises. The Abruzzo Region recognised it in 1998 as a museum of local interest, and the Ministero dei Beni Culturali (Ministry of Cultural Heritage) protects its existence and its holdings.

Several hundred minerals and fossils have been on display for years; others are being prepared for the new premises. The exhibition area is visited after the “Fausto Marini” planetarium show and before observing the sky through the telescope.

Highlights

• Minerals and fossils
• Meteorites
• “Fausto Marini” planetarium
• Observatory with a 5-metre dome and a 50 cm telescope

Permanent exhibition

• Museo di Scienze della Terra – Collection of minerals, fossils and meteorites housed in the observatory's premises.

Operated by

Osservatorio Astronomico Colle Leone

Visitors per year

approx. 2,500

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

The evenings are suitable for all ages; educational activities for schools are offered.

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