Italy has very few zoos, but this is the largest zoological collection, rooms full of insects, crustaceans, and stuffed birds and mammals—everything from ostriches and apes to a rhinoceros.
The museum was founded here in 1775, and the collections are still displayed in the style of an old-fashioned natural sciences museum, with specimens crowded into beautiful old wood-and-glass cases.
The last 10 rooms contain an important collection of human anatomical wax models crafted between 1775 and 1814 by Clemente Susini for medical students. The life-size figures are flayed, dissected, and disemboweled to varying degrees and are truly disgusting, but fascinating.
Via Romana 17
tel. +39-055-275-6444
www.msn.unifi.it.
Oct–May: Tues–Sun: 9:30am–4:30pm
Jun-Sep:
Tues–Sun: 10:30am–5:30pm
€6
With Firenze Card: Free
Bus: 33, 101, 106, 900, 906, 916, 918
Hop-on/hop-off: Pitti (A)
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Via Romana 17
tel. +39-055-228-8251
www.msn.unifi.it.
Thurs–Tues 9am–1pmOct–May: Tues–Sun: 9:30am–4:30pm
Jun-Sep:
Tues–Sun: 10:30am–5:30pm
€6
With Firenze Card: Free
Bus: 33, 101, 106, 900, 906, 916, 918
Hop-on/hop-off: Pitti (A)
This article was written by Reid Bramblett and was last updated in June 2014.
All information was accurate at the time.
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