Zoological Museum of Naples

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} [[Image:Università mezzocannone.JPG|thumb|230px|Entrance to Musei di Paleontologia, Mineralogia, Zoologia e Antropologia dell'Università Federico II at Via Mezzocannone, 8]] The '''Zoological Museum of Naples''', located in [[Naples]], south [[Italy]], was founded by [[Gioacchino Murat]] in 1811. The first [[curator]] was [[Luigi Petagna]]. The founding collections were those of the [[National Archaeological Museum, Naples|Royal Bourbon Museum]] and the private collection of [[Giuseppe Saverio Poli]].

Later curators were: [[Giosuè Sangiovanni]], [[Achille Costa]] (from 1860), [[Francesco Saverio Monticelli]] (from 1900). the museum was badly damaged in the Second World War but with [[Mario Salfi]] as Curator, it was restored between 1948 and 1970.

The museum is part of the [[University of Naples Federico II]] as Centro Musei delle Scienze Naturali. See [http://allegati.unina.it/ateneo/centroMusei/Progetto_Educativo.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014095902/http://allegati.unina.it/ateneo/centroMusei/Progetto_Educativo.pdf |date=14 October 2013 }}.

==External links== *[http://www.musei.unina.it/ Official Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210061958/http://www.musei.unina.it/ |date=10 December 2019 }} (Italian) {{coord|40|50|47|N|14|15|23|E|type:landmark_scale:10000_region:IT-72|display=title}} {{Museums of Naples}} {{Authority control}}

[[Category:Natural history museums in Italy]] [[Category:Museums in Naples]] [[Category:Museums established in 1811]] [[Category:19th-century establishments in the Kingdom of Naples]] [[Category:1811 establishments in Italy]] [[Category:Joachim Murat]]