The Palazzo Poggi is part of the ensemble of university buildings in the city center of Bologna. It was built for Cardinal Giovanni Poggi in the 16th century and later became the home of the library and a very special scientific collection, the Museo di Palazzo Poggi. The museum contains a lot of ancient scientific displays about nautics, physics, natural history, human anatomy and obstetrics. Seeing this old exhibits in the special style of their creation times is amazing and the museum has an incredible atmosphere.
While the museum is a scientific museum and showing the scientific progress of its time, it also has some very special exhibits in its collection like animals with two heads, a cyclops and a sea rabbit. Don’t miss this beautiful museum – the entrance is a bit hidden, it is opposite to the Piazza Antanino Scaravili, an open space surrounded by columns in the university quarter.
Museo di Palazzo Poggi
Via Zamboni 33
40126 Bologna
Italy
https://sma.unibo.it/it/il-sistema-museale/museo-di-palazzo-poggi
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