Museo di Scienze Naturali «A. De Nardi»

About the museum

The museum is located in the Seminario Vescovile of Vittorio Veneto and is named after Don Antonio De Nardi (1928-1994), the seminary's natural science teacher. He founded it, starting from the specimens of a pre-existing physics cabinet and adding samples he collected himself and materials gathered by his predecessors, Monsignor Bianchini and Monsignor Buffon.

Its most distinctive feature is its attention to the local natural heritage: the rock collection, with more than 800 magmatic, metamorphic and sedimentary specimens, comes entirely from the Vittorio Veneto area. Among the minerals are groups of stalactites from Postojna; among the vertebrate fossils are some fish from Bolca and nine specimens of cave bear from Velo, in the province of Verona. The invertebrate fossils include a group of local ammonites, while the botany section has lignite, amber with inclusions, silicified woods and plant fossils from Bolca.

Worthy of mention are the rich bird collection, which offers a complete picture of the local birdlife, and the zoology rooms with exotic animals. The museum runs educational activities for nursery, primary and secondary schools, with workshops on fossils, water, anatomy and nature.

Highlights

• Collection of more than 800 rocks from the Vittorio Veneto area
• Fossil fish from Bolca and nine cave bears from Velo
• Stalactite groups from Postojna
• Bird collection with all the local birdlife
• Educational workshops for schools of every level

Permanent exhibition

• Collezioni di scienze naturali – Eight rooms with zoology, local birdlife, botany, mineralogy, rocks and fossils from the Vittorio Veneto area and Bolca.

Operated by

Seminario Vescovile di Vittorio Veneto

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission according to the museum listing on Musei Online. Educational activities for schools are charged (from €2 per child for nursery school; €30 per class for the primary school workshops).

Accessibility

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations

The museum offers games-activities and workshops for children and, in the past, also proposals for summer camps.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in the complex of the Seminario Vescovile. From the Vittorio Veneto Sud motorway exit, take the third exit at the first roundabout and the first exit at the next one; then turn left at the traffic lights, and after about 400 m the Seminario is on the left-hand side, just before Piazza Giovanni Paolo I.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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