Thousands of Animal specimens, both vertebrates and invertebrates, documenting Mediterranean and global biodiversity
The P. Doderlein Zoology Museum houses collections containing several thousands of invertebrate and vertebrate specimens.
Dating back to the second half of the 19th century, its highlights include the Mediterranean fish collection, preserved using a special chemical treatment, still secret, which has preserved its physical and aesthetic characteristics.
A visit to the collections contributes significantly to the understanding of animal diversity and biological evolution and highlights the need to conserve natural environments.
The Museum, an important reference point for scientific culture and a center for the study and conservation of Sicilian and Mediterranean zoological material, thanks to its unique structure provides visitors with the same atmosphere in which zoologists worked in the second half of the 19th century.
Main attractions and collections:
Over 5,000 specimens organized phylogenetically, with rare, extinct, or protected species, such as the sturgeon, the eagle owl, the Sicilian wolf, the purple gallinule, and the griffon vulture, as well as several rare endemic species, such as the Sicilian rock partridge, or protected species, such as the golden eagle.
Extensive collection of Mediterranean fish preserved with a special chemical treatment. 1,100 specimens, including many deep-sea fish species and a core of marine and freshwater fish from the Americas.
Original anatomical systems and bone parts of mammals, birds, and fish.
Extensive collection of marine invertebrates.
Historical atmosphere with settings and furnishings reminiscent of a 19th-century zoological laboratory.
at the University of Palermo
Via Archirafi 16
Palermo
Sicily – Italy
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