Nature & natural history museums in Naples

The Villa Pignatelli is a museum in Naples that is located along the Riviera di Chiaia that was built as a neo-classical residence that would be the centerpiece of a park for Ferdinand Acton in 1826. The villa now houses a coach museum and a collection of French and English vehicles from the 18th an

The Zoo di Napoli (Zoo of Naples, Naples Zoo) is a zoo in Naples founded by Franco Cuneo and Angelo Lombardi in 1940 that spans an area of over 100,000 square meters. The zoo is home to many species of animals, including endangered species, such as the Neapolitan goats (capre napoletane).

The Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte is an observatory of the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica of Italy. It is located on the Capodimonte, a hill in Naples. The observatory contains a 40-cm Ritchey-Chretien telescope, a meridian circle, a functioning historical refractor dating from 1864, a

The Anton Dohrn Zoological Station (Stazione zoologica Anton Dohrn) in Naples is a scientific institution and research institution in Naples. It includes the oldest aquarium in Italy. The institution comprises the aquarium, the herbarium, the historical archive, the library and the zoological collec

The Museum of Paleontology of Naples is a museum in Naples in Italy that is housed in the Cloister of Saints Marcellino and Festo. The museum exhibits several collections: fish fossils, mammal fossils, plant fossils and fossils of reptiles.