MUBI - Museo della Biodiversità e Storia Naturale

Why it matters

MUBI, the Museo della Biodiversità e Storia Naturale in Macerata, continues a civic natural-history tradition begun in 1973. Its collections include paleontological, zoological and geo-mineralogical material from the Marche. The museum interprets biodiversity and changes in the region's natural heritage.

What to notice

The collections include mammal specimens from the Bernocchi collection and material related to paleontology, mineralogy, vertebrates, malacology and entomology. Their study connects regional biodiversity with the history of natural-science collecting and research.

Context and history

The civic natural-history museum began in 1973 under curator Romano Dezi. From 1993 its collections were displayed in the basement of Palazzo Rossini Lucangeli in five sections: paleontology, mineralogy, vertebrates, malacology and entomology. MUBI later brought the collections into a modern museum setting at Giardini Diaz, continuing the civic museum's educational and scientific role.