Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università di Firenze - Zoologia, Ceroplastica e Mineralogia – La Specola

Getting there

PIAZZA SAN FELICE · bus 11, 18, C1 · 120 mROMANA BOBOLI · bus 11, 18, C1 · 260 mSERRAGLI CAMPUCCIO · bus 11, 18, C1 · 290 m

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La Specola Museum, which is part of the Natural History Museum of the University of Florence, is the oldest scientific museum open to the public: it will celebrate its 250th anniversary in 2025! The Museum's collections are directly descended from the Medici collections, which did not only cover art but also exhibits of naturalistic interest and mirabilia. The Specola takes its name from the astronomical observatory established here by Grand Duke Peter Leopold of Lorraine in the in the observation tower (specola).

Text from FeelFlorence (en), the official tourism portal of the Comune di Firenze and the Citta Metropolitana di Firenze; shortened

• La Specola1 min walk