Natural History Museum

Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia is a museum of natural history housed in Fondaco dei Turchi, located on the , , . Its collections relate mainly to the natural history of the Venetian lagoon that surrounds the city.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Italian museum
  • Also known as: “MCVE”, “MSNVE”, “Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Venezia”, “Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia”, “Natural History Museum of Venice Giancarlo Ligabue”, and “Venice Museum of Natural History”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include San Zan Degola and Rialto Bridge.

Church
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The church of San Zan Degolà, which in the Venetian dialect is the abbreviation for San Giovanni Decollato, in English St John beheaded, is a Byzantine-Romanesque-style church and belltower in the sestiere of in , .

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The is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the in , Italy. Connecting the sestieri of and , it has been rebuilt several times since its first construction as a pontoon bridge in 1173, and is now a significant tourist attraction in the city. is situated 700 metres southeast of Natural History Museum.

Museum
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The Ca' d'Oro, or Palazzo Santa Sofia, is a palace on the Grand Canal in , northern . Ca' d'Oro or Cadoro translates to "House of Gold" or "Golden House" in English because of the gilt and polychrome external decorations that once adorned its walls. is situated 430 metres east of Natural History Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cannaregio and San Polo.

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is one six sestieri that make up . For many travellers, it's the first part of Venice they enter, since Venezia Santa Lucia railway station, the main railway station, is here.

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is one of six sestieri that make up . Covering 86 acres along the Grand Canal, it is one of the oldest parts of the city, having been settled before the 9th century.

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is one of the six sestieri of , occupying the northwest part of the main islands. The district includes the Piazzale Roma, home to Venice's bus station and car parks, and around which is the only area of the city in which cars can travel.

Natural History Museum

Latitude
45.44167° or 45° 26′ 30″ north
Longitude
12.32854° or 12° 19′ 43″ east
Open location code
8FQJC8RH+MC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3158707594
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q3867834
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Turkish—“Natural History Museum” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Իտալիայի բնության պատմության թանգարան”
  • Chinese: “威尼斯自然史博物館”
  • Dutch: “Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia”
  • French: “Musée d’Histoire Naturelle de Venise”
  • German: “Museo civico di storia naturale di Venezia”
  • Indonesian: “Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia”
  • Italian: “Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Venezia”
  • Italian: “Museo di storia naturale di Venezia Giancarlo Ligabue”
  • Italian: “Museo di storia naturale di Venezia”
  • Japanese: “市立自然史博物館”
  • Macedonian: “Музеј на Природната приказна на Венеција”
  • Macedonian: “Музејот на Природната приказна на Венеција”
  • Polish: “Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia”
  • Slovenian: “MCVE”
  • Slovenian: “MSNVE”
  • Slovenian: “Museo civico di storia naturale di Venezia”
  • Slovenian: “Museo di storia naturale di Venezia Giancarlo Ligabue”
  • Slovenian: “Naravoslovni muzej v Benetkah”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Historia Natural de Venecia”
  • Turkish: “Venedik Doğa Tarihi Müzesi”
  • “MSNVE”

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