Rinaldo Zardini Palaeontology Museum (
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, Museo Paleontologico "Rinaldo Zardini") is a
palaeontological
Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (geology), epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes t ...
museum in
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Cortina d'Ampezzo (; lld, Anpezo, ; historical de-AT, Hayden) is a town and ''comune'' in the heart of the southern (Dolomitic) Alps in the Province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Situated on the Boite river, in an alp ...
, Italy. It is one of three museums administered by Le Regole d'Ampezzo, the other two being the
Mario Rimoldi Modern Art Museum Mario Rimoldi Modern Art Museum (Museo d'Arte Moderna "Mario Rimoldi") is a contemporary and modern art museum in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. It is one of three museums administered by Le Regole d'Ampezzo, the other two being the Rinaldo Zardini Pal ...
and the
Regole of Ampezzo Ethnographic Museum Regole of Ampezzo Ethnographic Museum is an ethnographic museum in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Cortina d'Ampezzo (; lld, Anpezo, ; historical de-AT, Hayden) is a town and ''comune'' in the heart of the southern (Dolomitic) Alps in the Province of Bell ...
. It is also a member of "DOMUS, the Network of Science Museums of the Veneto Dolomites".
The paleontology museum opened in August 1975,
exhibits
Dolomite Dolomite may refer to:
*Dolomite (mineral), a carbonate mineral
*Dolomite (rock), also known as dolostone, a sedimentary carbonate rock
*Dolomite, Alabama, United States, an unincorporated community
*Dolomite, California, United States, an unincor ...
fossils.
The museum bears the name of
Rinaldo Zardini, a local researcher, who collected the materials and catalogued them. Thousands of his findings are part of the collections, though he collected over 1,000,000 articles in his lifetime.
References
Science museums in Italy
Fossil museums
Buildings and structures in Cortina d'Ampezzo
1975 establishments in Italy
Museums established in 1975
Museums in Veneto
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