Established 1923 (1923) Province Province of Venice Founded 1923 | Website www.msn.visitmuve.it Phone +39 041 275 0206 | |
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Location Santa Croce 1730,
30135 Venice, Italy Type Natural history museum, Historic site Director Luca Mizzan and Mauro Bon Address Salizada del Fontego dei Turchi, 1730, 30135 Santa Croce, Venezia VE, Italy Hours Open today · 9AM–5PMWednesday9AM–5PMThursday9AM–5PMFriday9AM–5PMSaturday10AM–6PMSunday10AM–6PMMondayClosedTuesday9AM–5PMSuggest an edit Similar Ca' Pesaro, Fondaco dei Tedeschi, Palazzo Grimani di San Luca, Ca' Vendramin Calergi, Palazzo Cavalli‑Franchetti Profiles | ||
Visita al museo di storia naturale di venezia 2015
Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia (English: Natural History Museum of Venice) is a museum of natural history housed in Fondaco dei Turchi, located on the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy. Its collections relate mainly to the natural history of the Venetian lagoon that surrounds the city. Today it is one of the 11 venues managed by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia.
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Museo di storia naturale di venezia
Building and history
The museum is located in the Fondaco dei Turchi, originally built in the 13th century as a palazzo for the Pesaro family. It is built in the Venetian Byzantine style, being originally used as a trading depot for goods from the East.
In 1381, the building was given to the lord of Ferrara, Niccolò II d'Este. In 1621, it became the fondaco (or fontego) for Turkish merchants, a place for them to live and do business, until 1838. From 1865, the building was extensively restored. After this work, it housed the Museo Correr and then the Natural History Museum from 1969.
Museum
The Natural History Museum in Venice was founded in 1923 to hold and display a number of scientific collections from the Museo Correr, the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti, etc. This has subsequently been expanded, with around two million objects in the collection. These cover botanical, entomological, and zoological specimens, fossils, and ethnographic collections. The library has over 40,000 books.
The museum is run by the Fondazione Musei Civici Venezia (MUVE).