The zoology exhibits begin with vertebrates. Please note that none of the animals on display were killed for the sole purpose of being exhibited here. While it is undoubtedly useful to see these species close up, this cannot justify the deaths of living beings. You will notice that the various animals are identified both by […]

Welcoming us to the section entirely given over to mammals, the giraffe, dolphin, deer, sea lion, monkey, squirrel and bat share a stand in the middle of the room. Mammals are the only vertebrates that feed their offspring with milk secreted by the mammary gland of the female of the species. They are also the […]

At the entrance, a reconstructed adult Mammoth and a young specimen welcome visitors to the exhibition. This imposing installation can be considered emblematic of the educational role of scientific museums in providing information on – and inspiring in us respect for – our geographic and natural heritage, through research, conservation, study and teaching activities. During […]

Dominating the dinosaurs room is the skeleton of an Allosaurus fragilis, a large carnivorous dinosaur – a scary predator of a length of even more than ten metres. Its habitat was the Jurassic North America of approximately 150 million years ago. The panels provide a full account of the anatomic and behavioural characteristics of dinosaurs […]

The room “Fossils, a world to be discovered” provides an overview of the evolution of our planet and of the fossils which have enabled a reconstruction of the Earth’s history. The exhibition is divided into four sections, each dedicated to the key themes of paleontology and the study of fossils, evolution and the systematics of […]

This room’s cabinets are dedicated to the more recent geological phenomena characterising the Pliocene epoch in the area of Bergamo. Here, we find fossilized flora and fauna developing in our region from about 5 million to 10,000 years ago. A number of cabinets are dedicated to the origins and evolution of Man, from the primates […]

The Bergamo area was covered by a vast stretch of water about 220 million years ago, during a stage of the Triassic period termed Norian. The landscape was similar to today’s Bahamas, with a warm, shallow sea and small islands smothered in greenery. The shallow waters would give way to deeper stretches where, at times, […]

This room provides an account of the major geological events impacting the Bergamo area over hundreds of millions of years. We have here an imaginary journey through time, from the Paleozoic era to the present day. This geological history is presented chronologically, and each cabinet refers to a single period, with descriptions of the main […]

In the room dedicated to karstification we have two itineraries. To the right of the entrance, we have “Caves in Italy”. This itinerary provides an account of the extensive distribution of this geomorphological phenomenon in Italy. To the left of the entrance, we have the other itinerary – “What is karstification” – where the phenomenon […]

In the first part of the room dedicated to mineralogy and petrography we find samples of minerals and rocks from all over the world. The last section provides an account of local mineral deposits. The first group of exhibits of the museum’s mineralogical collection includes minerals from Elba, the Carpathians and Sicily, donated to the […]