Civic Museum of Natural History “Giacomo Doria”
+39 010 564567
Luca BARTOLOZZI
Dr Giuliano Doria, +39 105 645 67, gdoria@comune.genova.it, Herpetology
| Permanent (P) | Non – Permanent (NP) | |
|---|---|---|
| a) TOTAL scientific staff | 3 | |
| b) Scientific staff linked to Collections | ||
| c) Post-docs / PhD students | ||
| d) Others (Associates, etc.) | ||
| TOTAL (a+b+c+d) | 3 |
| Permanent (P) | Non – Permanent (NP) | |
|---|---|---|
| e) Exhibitions | ||
| f) Collection Managers / technicians | 3 | |
| g) Others | 6 | |
| TOTAL (e+f+g) | 9 |
Concession for Ticket office and guard (3); Agreement for Didactic activities (3)
1. Laboratory for taxidermy
2. Laboratory to manage alcohol collections
3. Laboratory with optical microscope
Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “Giacomo Doria”
Doriana
| Typology | Primary types | Individual specimens/objects | % registered cards | % recorded cards in database | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Palaeontology | 5 | 16000 | ||
| 1.2 | Mineralogy | 18000 | |||
| 1.3 | Geology | 1000 |
| Typology | Primary types | Individual specimens/objects | % registered cards | % recorded cards in database | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | Botany | 40 | 55000 | 80 | 50 |
| 2.2 | Mycology | 5 | 4500 | 90 | 90 |
| 2.3 | Zoology | 15000 | 4367000 | 20 | 10 |
The collections are known throughout the global scientific community for its four-and-a-half million specimens from all over the world. They are famous especially, in addition to European specimens, for the material coming from the archipelago Indo-Malaysian (visited by Odoardo Beccari, Elio Modigliani and Lamberto Loria), New Guinea (Luigi Maria D'Albertis and Odoardo Beccari) and Burma (Leonardo Fea); from northeast Africa (O. Antinori, E. Ruspoli and V. Bottego) and West Africa (visited by Leonardo Fea); from central and southern America. The most are collected during the second half of the 19° century.Of particular note are the ornithological, mammalian, and rich entomological collections.
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- Type(s) of objects: monographs, extracts, journals
- No. of objects (of each type): 18.000 monographs, 76.000 extracts, 1.200 journals
Website, Social media (YouTube, facebook), Press visits, Printed materials, Institutional videos, Exhibitions, Guided visits, Electronic newsletter
Dr Giuliano Doria, +39 10564567, gdoria@comune.genova.it
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Our museum offers guided visits and laboratories for all types of schools
Our museum supports the students with internships of cataloging parts of the collections
Dr Giuliano Doria, +39 10564567, gdoria@comune.genova.it
Systematic resarch
Cataloguing of the collections