The Natural History Museum in Trieste exhibits large botanic, zoological, mineral, geological and paleontological collections. These are divided into two sections: one for the public and one for specialists.
The botanic collection has about thirty herbariums and other material coming from the region and also from all over Italy.
The zoological collection has, among others, corals, madrepores, sea and softwater fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals from all over the world.
The mineral and paleontological collections are also rich, among which the fossil of a 4-metre long hadrosaurus practically complete and anatomically connected, found near Trieste.
The Museum hosts also a section on the evolution of hominids, with the skull of the Man from Mompaderno and many important casts of fossil hominids among which the famous "Lucy".
The scientific library is well furnished of books, where you will find mainly periodics (both domestic and foreign).
