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Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali

About

The Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali in Turin is one of the city’s key institutions dedicated to exploring and preserving the natural world. Founded in 1978, it was created to house the University of Turin’s historic scientific collections and to promote research, education and public awareness about biodiversity and environmental conservation. The museum occupies a seventeenth‑century building that once served as the hospital of San Giovanni Battista, giving its exhibitions a distinctive historical settingWikipedia. After a long period of restoration following a 2013 fire, the museum has reopened with renewed spaces and a focus on zoology, botany, geology, mineralogy and paleontology, supported by extensive archives and a specialist scientific library. Its mission is to bridge the gap between humans and nature through exhibitions, educational programmes and research initiatives that highlight the urgency of protecting natural heritagemrsntorino.it. Today it stands as a vital centre for understanding the richness and fragility of the natural environment.

Turin Italy

Location

Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali is located at Via Accademia Albertina 15 in central Turin, Italy, within the historic 17th-century Palazzo of the former San Giovanni Battista Hospital. This landmark building by Amedeo di Castellamonte sits near Piazza Carlo Alberto and the university quarter. Nearby attractions include the Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento Italiano in Palazzo Carignano across the street, GAM modern art gallery to the south along Corso Matteotti, the Egyptian Museum a short walk north, and lively cafes around Piazza della Repubblica, all accessible by bus lines 6, 18, or 61 from Porta Nuova station.

Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali

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