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Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia ( en, Natural History Museum of Venice) is a

museum of natural history A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, climatology, and more. ...

housed in

Fondaco dei Turchi The Fondaco dei Turchi (Venetian: ''Fontego dei Turchi'', tr, Türk Hanı) is a Veneto-Gothic style palazzo, later on named as the Turks' Inn, on the Grand Canal of Venice, northeast Italy. It was described by Augustus Hare in the 19th cent ...

, located on the Grand Canal,

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

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. 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 Founded following the resolution passed by the Municipal Council Board of Venice on March 3, 2008, the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia (MUVE) manages and develops the cultural and artistic heritage of Venice and islands. Formed as a participat ...

Building and history

The museum is located in the

, originally built in the 13th century as a

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for the

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. It is built in the Venetian

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style, being originally used as a trading depot for goods from the East. In 1381, the building was given to the

lord of Ferrara The Duchy of Ferrara ( la, Ducatus Ferrariensis; it, Ducato di Ferrara; egl, Ducà ad Frara) was a state in what is now northern Italy. It consisted of about 1,100 km2 south of the lower Po River, stretching to the valley of the lower Reno ...

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. In 1621, it became the ''fondaco'' (or ''fontego'') for

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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 The Museo Correr () is a museum in Venice, northern Italy. Located in St. Mark's Square, Venice, it is one of the 11 civic museums run by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia. The museum extends along the southside of the square on the upper ...

and then the Natural History Museum from 1969.

Museum

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The Natural History Museum in Venice was founded in 1923 to hold and display a number of scientific collections from the

and the

Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti The Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (IVSLA) is an academy of sciences in Venice. History The Istituto Veneto was created as the Reale Istituto Nazionale, created by Napoleon for the Kingdom of Italy in 1810. The current name was gi ...

, among others. 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 Founded following the resolution passed by the Municipal Council Board of Venice on March 3, 2008, the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia (MUVE) manages and develops the cultural and artistic heritage of Venice and islands. Formed as a participat ...

(MUVE).

References

External links

Natural History Museum - official website

Museum of Natural History of Venice at Google Cultural Institute
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