The Zoology Museum of Rome is one of the oldest scientific museums in Rome. Its origin dates back to the early 19th century, with the zoological collections of the Pontifical Archiginnasio, linked to the Chair of Natural History and Mineralogy, established in 1804 by Pius VII.
Today it is part of the La Sapienza Museum Hub and is located on Viale dell’Università. The zoological museum is primarily a “database” of animal diversity, made up of collections organized according to various criteria (systematic, zoogeographic, ecological) that allow easy consultation.
The museum is therefore a laboratory where researchers try to understand, organize, and classify animal diversity, using reason and experience, tracing the history of evolution through phylogenesis, but it is also a place of meeting and dissemination both with permanent exhibitions and temporary shows. In this way, in addition to the functions of “archive” and “laboratory,” the Museum adds the function of “school,” of educational and scientific dissemination, where through “objects” problems are illustrated.
