
Italy, GEOLOGICAL MUSEUMS
Alphabetical by city
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V Z
Alassio, Don Bosco Museum of Natural History (minerals, fossils)
Amandola, Palaeontology Museum
Apecchio, Museum of Fossils & Minerals (ammonites)
Argenta, Drainage Museum (hydrogeology)
Arielli, Palaeontology Museum
Ascoli Piceno, A. Orsini Museum of Natural History (geology, fossils)
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Bari, Museum of Earth Sciences
Bassano del Grappa, Museo di Bassano del Grappa,
Geologic & Paleontological Collection
Bedonia, Msgr. S. Ferrari Museum of Natural History
Belve, Museum of Natural History (minerals, fossils)
Bergamo, E. Caffi Museum of Natural History (fossils, minerals, rocks, karst)
Besano, Municipal Museum of Fossils
Bessozo, L. Brunella Museum of Geology
Bojano, Municipal Museum, Palaeontology Section
Bologna, Aldrovandi Museum (minerals)
Bologna, G. Cappellini Museum of Palaeontology & Geology (>500,000 fossils)
Bologna, L. Bombicci Museum of Mineralogy & Petrology, University (precious stones, gold)
Bolzano, Museum of Natural History (geomorphology, rocks, ores, minerals)
Bormio, Natural History & Mineralogy Museum
Bortigiadas, Mineralogical Museum
Bova, Museum of Palaeontology
Boves, Mushroom &
Natural Science Museum (minerals, fossils)
Bra Craveri, Municipal Museum of Natural History (geology, minerals, fossils)
Brescia, Natural History Museum (minerals)
Brentonico, Mount Baldo Fossils Museum (ammonites)
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Cagliari, D. Lovisato Sardinian Museum of Geology & Palaeontology
Cagliari, Mineralogical Museum of the Department of Earth Sciences
(minerals, rocks, fossils)
Calci, Museum of Natural History (geology, fossils, minerals, rocks)
Calimera, Municipal Museum of
Salento's Natural History (fossils)
Caltanissetta, “Zolfara” Museum of Mineralogy & Palaeontology
(fossils, minerals, rocks, sulfur mine equipment)
Camerino, Museum of
Natural Sciences (fossils)
Campomorone, Museum of Mineralogy & Palaeontology
Cantoira, Old Talc Mine “Bruneta” Museum
Caramanico Terme, Il Museo Paolo Barrasso, Geology Section
Caramanico Terme, P. Barrasso Museum of Natural History
Carmagnola, Municipal Museum of Natural History
(fossils, minerals)
Carrara, Municipal Museum of Marble
Carrara, Natural History & Mankind Museum (amber, fossils, meteorites)
Castelbuono, F. Minà Palumbo Museum of Natural History (minerals, fossils)
Castell'Arquato, Geological Museum (fossils, rocks)
Catania, Museum of Palaeontology
Chiampo, Father Aurelio Menin Franciscan Museum (fossils, minerals)
Cinto Euganeo, Cava Bomba Geo-Palaeontological Museum
Cittanova, Municipal Museum of Natural History (minerals)
Cogne, Alpine Mining Museum
Corciano, Palaeontology Museum
Courmayeur, “Duke of Abruzzi” Alpine Museum (Mont Blanc minerals)
Cremona, Natural History Museum (minerals, rocks, fossils)
Crodo, Earth Science Museum
Cupra Marittima, Piceno Museum of Malacology (7,000,000 specimens)
Cupra Marittima, Piceno Museum of Malacology
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Desio, P. Mariani Collection
(fossils, minerals including precious stones, quartz crystal of 1.7 t)
Domodossola, G. Galletti Municipal Museum, Natural History Section
(minerals, tunnel construction)
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Empoli, Municipal Museum of Palaeontology
Ercolano, Volcanological Museum of the Vesuvian Observatory
(lavas, minerals, instruments)
Esino Lario, Grigne Museum (local minerals & fossils)
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Faenza, Municipal Museum of Natural History (fossils)
Fano, Museum of Marine Biology (fish fossils)
Fermo, S. Zavatti Polar Museum
Ferrara, Geo-Palaeontological Museum
Ferrara, Museo di Storia Naturale (minerals, rocks)
Ferrara, Municipal Museum of Natural History
Finale Emilia, Municipal Museum, Archaeology & Natural History Section (minerals, fossils)
Florence, Museo di Storia Naturale, Università degli Studi
Geology & Palaeontology
Geological & Palaeontological Section
Geological & Palaeontological Virtual Museum
Mineralogy & Lithology (ca. 45,000 specimens)
Mineralogical Section
Fluminimaggiore, Palaeontology Museum
Foggia, Provincial Museum of Natural History (minerals, fossils)
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Garessio, Museum of Geology & Speleology
Genga, Speleology & Palaeontology Museum
Genova, Father Ighina Collection, Calasanzio Institute (minerals)
Genova, G. Doria Municipal Museum of Natural History (minerals, fossils)
Grosseto, Municipal Museum of Natural History (minerals, rocks)
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Iglesias, Sardinian Museum of Mineralogy (minerals, mining, fosssils)
Imola, G. Scarabelli Museum (rocks, minerals, plant & animal fossils)
Imola, Natural History Study Centre (fossils, rocks, minerals)
Induno Olona, Insubric Municipal Museum of Natural History (minerals)
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L'Aquila, V. Rivera Museum of Speleology
Latiano, Museum of the Subsoil
Laureana Cilento, Cilento Museum of Natural
History (geology, mineralogy)
Lecce, Chinese Missionary Museum & Museum of Natural History (fossils, minerals)
Lecco, Municipal Museums: Palazzo Belgiojoso (minerals)
Lipari, Aeolian Regional Archaeological Museum, Volcanology Section
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Macerata, Natural History Museum (fossils, minerals)
Macugnaga, Guia Mine Museum
Maglie, D. De Lorentiis Museum of Palaeontology & Palaeoethnology
Malnate, Natural History Museum (Elba minerals, fossils, sand collection)
Marano sul Panaro, Museum of Ecology & Natural History (minerals, fossils)
Margherita di Savoia, Salt-Works History Museum
Massa Maritima, Mine Museum
Massa Maritima, Museum of Mining Art. & History
Merate, Natural History Museum (minerals, rocks,
fossils)
Mesola, Environmental Education Centre (geomorphology)
Milano, Municipal Museum of Natural History (minerals, rocks, fossils)
Modena, Museo Astronomico e Geofisico, Università
Modena, Museum of Mineralogy, Petrology & Geology, University
Mondaino, Palaeontological Museum
Montefalcone Appennino, Museum of Fossils & Natural History (fossils, minerals)
Montefiore, Conca
Museum of Minerals & Fossils
Montevarchi, Palaeontology Museum, Accademia Valdarnese del Poggio
Monfalcone, Fortress Museum of Palaeontology
Morbegno, Natural History Museum (geomorphology, rocks)
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Napoli, Botanical Gardens Museum of Palaeobotany
Napoli, Museum of Mineralogy
Napoli, Museum of Palaeontology
Narni, Palaeontology & Prehistory Collection
Niscemi, Educational Museum of Natural History (geology, palaeontology)
Noasca, Gran Paradiso National Park Museum (geomorphology)
Novafeltina, Perticara Mining History Museum (sulphur crystals, rocks, mine gallery)
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Oderzo, Brandolini Museum (fossils)
Oltre il Colle, Mineral & Mining Museum
Ostra, Exhibition Hall of Marche Fossils
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Paceco, Salt Museum
Palermo, G. G. Gemmellaro Museum of Palaeontology & Geology
(600,000 specimens: fossils, minerals, rocks)
Palermo, Museum of Mineralogy (gypsum, sulfur)
Parma, Museum of Mineralogy & Petrography, University
Parma, Palaeontological Museum, University
Pavia, Museum of Geology & Palaeontology
Pavia, Museum of Mineralogy & Petrology
Pergola, Piccini Geological & Botanical Laboratory (fossils)
Pescia, Valdinievole Museum of Natural History & Archaeology (fossils, minerals, rocks)
Piacenza, Natural History Museum (minerals, rocks, fossils)
Piandimeleto, Science Museum (local geology)
Piegaro, Palaeontology Collection
Pinerolo, Municipal Educational Museum of Natural History (local geology, minerals)
Piobbico, Brancaleoni Museum of Geology & Palaeontology (over 5,000 fossils)
Pioraco, Fossil Museum
Pisa, Museo di Storia Naturale
dell'Università (minerals, fossils)
Pompei, G. B. Alfano Vesuvian Museum
Pompei Ruins
Pordenone, Municipal Museum of Sciences (minerals, fossils)
Prata di Pordenone, Mine Museum
Predazzo, Municipal Museum of Geology & Ethnography
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Randazzo, Municipal Museum of Natural History (minerals, fossils)
Rio Marina, Elba Minerals Museum (ca.1000 specimens)
Rio nell'Elba, A. Ricci Museum of Elba Minerals (ca.1000
specimens)
Roma, Mineralogy Museum of the University
Roma, Museo di Mineralogia, Università
Roma, Museo di Paleontologia, Università
Roma, Palaeontology Museum of the University
Rosignano Marittimo, Natural History Museum (minerals)
Rovereto, Museo Civico (earth sciences division)
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Saint Pierre, Regional Museum of Natural History (geology, glaciers, minerals)
Saint Vincent, Museum of Mineralogy & Palaeontology
Sangemini, Earth Science Museum
Sassoferrato, Sulphur Mine Museum of
Ca' Bernardi
S. Benedetto del Tronto, A. Caprotti Ichthyology Museum (fossils)
S. Benedetto del Tronto, G. Buriani Museum of Palaeontology
Serra San Quirico, Don G. Mattiacci Museum of Fossils
Sgonico, Museum of Speleology
Siddi, Zoology & Mineralogy Museum (Sardinian minerals)
Siena, Museum of Natural History (minerals, rocks esp. marbles, fossils)
Silvano d'Orba, Italian Gold History Museum
Smerillo, Museum of Fossils & Minerals
Sondrio, F. Grazioli Collection (12,000 minerals)
S. Pellegrino Terme, Brembana Valley Natural History Museum (fossils)
S. Romano di Garfagnana, “Parco
dell'Orecchiella” Natural History Museum (minerals)
Stradella, F. Lombardi Municipal Museum of Natural History (geology, palaeontology, ecology)
Stroncone, Museum of Natural History (geology, minerals, fossils)
Sulmona, Natural History Museum (minerals)
Sutri, Permanent Exhibition of
Minerals (2,500 specimens)
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Tambre, G. Zanardo Museum of Natural History (fossils, minerals, karst)
Terni, Permanent Palaeontology Exhibition
Terrasini, Municipal Museum (fossils)
Tolentino, Fiastra Abbey: Museum of Natural History (fossils)
Torino, Don Bosco Museum of Natural History (rocks, >4,000 minerals)
Torino, “Duke of Abruzzi” Mountainous National Museum (rocks, minerals)
Torino, “Missioni Consolata” Museum of Ethnography & Natural History (minerals, rocks)
Trento, Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali (geology, minerals, rocks, fossils)
Trento, Trento Museum of Natural History
Trieste, Municipal Museum of Natural History (minerals, fossils)
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Udine, Friuli Museum of Natural History (minerals, fossils)
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Valdagno, D. dal Lago Municipal Museum (fossils)
Valstagna, Speleology & Karst Phenomena Museum
Varallo, P. Calderini Museum (minerals)
Venegono Inferiore, A. Stoppani Museum of Natural History (minerals, rocks, fossils)
Vico Equense, Mineralogy Museum of Campania
Vignola, Municipal Museum (rocks, minerals, fossils)
Voghera, Natural History Museum
(fossils, minerals)
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