“Il Museo civico di Storia Naturale del Salento (MSNS) was founded in 1982 in Calimera in the Province of Lecce. Its management is entrusted to a group of researchers gathered in the NATURALIA Cooperative. The Museum structures its exhibition into the Departments of Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Entomology, Herpetology, Ornithology, and in a series of sections ranging from Mineralogy to Malacology, from Mammalogy to Embryology and Teratology. Sections of Astronomy and Planetarium, Geology and Petrography, and Botany are being planned. It has a natural science library open to the public. Outside, the environments of woodland and Mediterranean scrub can be visited. A botanical garden, a butterfly house, a swamp, and a free recreational area are being prepared. Some animals housed by the OFP are accommodated in enclosures, cages, and aviaries open to visitors.”
Information about Natural History Museum of Salento
Via Europa 95,
73021 Calimera (Lecce)
0832875301
info@museocalimera.it
https://www.museocalimera.it
Source: MIBACT
