Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano

The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano is a museum in Milan, Italy dedicated to the study of animals, plants, and the natural environment including geology. Exhibits include dinosaurs and Italy's largest collection of dioramas of ecosystems.

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Opening hours:
Tuesday—Sunday: 10:00 AM—5:30 PM
January 1st, December 25th, and May 1st: closed
Type: Museum
Description: Milan Natural History Museum, Italy
Also known as: “MCSM”, “MCSNM”, “Milan Natural History Museum”, “MSNM”, “Museo civico di storia naturale”, and “Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano”
Address: Corso Venezia 55, Milano, 20121
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Library of the Civic Museum of Natural History of Milan and Planetario di Milano.

Library of the Civic Museum of Natural History of Milan

Library

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The Library of the Civic Museum of Natural History of Milan was founded together with the Museum in 1838 and it took the collections of Georg Jan and Giuseppe De Cristoforis, and it's the biggest library on natural sciences in Italy.

Planetario di Milano

Planetarium

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The Milan Planetarium is the largest and most important planetarium in Italy. It is located in the Gardens of Porta Venezia, in the Porta Venezia district of Milan. Planetario di Milano is situated 150 metres northeast of Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano.

Galleria d’arte moderna

Museum

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The Galleria d'Arte Moderna is a modern art museum in Milan, in Lombardy in northern Italy. It is housed in the Villa Reale, at Via Palestro 16, opposite the Giardini Pubblici Indro Montanelli. Galleria d’arte moderna is situated 220 metres west of Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Milan and Porta Monforte.

North Milan

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While the Centro Storico is the unquestionable heart of Milan, it is the north of the city that is its hub. Here you will find two most important railway stations - the imposing Milano Centrale and busy Porta Garibaldi - as well as the ever-growing array of office towers that make up Milan's modern skyline, housing the headquarters of companies that make Milan Italy's economic capital.

Porta Monforte

Quarter

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Porta Monforte is a district of Milan, Italy, located within the Zone 3 administrative division. It is named after the eponymous city gate, which was added in the 1890s to the existing Spanish walls of the city.