Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria
The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria stands as Genoa’s long-running natural history repository, named for Giacomo Doria, a pivotal 19th-century naturalist who founded and curated the collection for more than forty years. Founded in 1867, the museum grew into a world-spanning archive, now housing over four million specimens across zoological, botanical, and geological disciplines. Its storied collections include highlights bequeathed by explorers and researchers such as Luigi D'Albertis, Leonardo Fea, Arturo Issel, Orazio Antinori, Odoardo Beccari, and Lamberto Loria, each contributing to a broader picture of life on Earth. Since 1922, the building has also served as the headquarters of the Italian Entomological Society, underscoring its role in Italy’s scientific community. …
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