In the Villa Comunale of Naples the new and beautiful finally opens Darwin Dohrn Museum, that is a scientific and cultural center which is dedicated to the biodiversity of sea resource, with informative and didactic purposes for both students and researchers.
In particular, the new Museum will be located in the Grove cottage, which has just recently been renovated following redevelopment and restoration works. In addition to the Museum there will also be the National Cluster Blue Italian Growth , Dohrn Foundation.
The itinerary in the Darwin Dohrn Museum
As the name suggests, the Museum is dedicated to two of the greatest personalities in science and biology we are talking about Charles Darwin and Anton Dohrn.
Visiting the Darwin Dohrn Museum you can make a fascinating trip to the oceans and discover many curiosities about how organisms over time have adapted to different marine environments.
There will be works d'pictorial art, sculptures, biological finds and historical instruments that will allow you to understand how the present forms of life have developed.
The skeleton of a Sperm Whale
Arriving in the multipurpose room you can observe a large skeleton of a sperm whale which was found by researchers on Christmas 2018 in Ischia. This will then be surrounded by models of organisms that feed on the carcasses of these animals on the seabed.
There will then be historical artifacts from maps of the Gulf of Naples and of studies that contain the discoveries of the more than 20 Nobel laureates hosted by the station and of course the current research that is still in progress.
The educational museum and the external space
Inside the center there is also a Educational museum dedicated to students in which practical activities of observation of marine life can be developed. There will also be an outdoor space that hosts bathyscaphe like those of Picard sold by the MareAmico Cultural Association.
The lawn, on the other hand, will welcome a special one outdoor cinema which will be used for documentaries on the sea and for the international competition on scientific cinema.
The Naples Aquarium in the Villa Comunale
We remember that always in the Villa Comunale the Aquarium has also reopened a few months ago, the oldest in Italy and which contains well 200 different species between animals and plants.
It is a research center that focuses on the fauna and flora of the Mediterranean and was inaugurated in 1874.
Tickets: here are the types
Standard ticket
- Price Whole over 12: 6 euro | Reduced 5-12 years, over 70 and disabled carers: 4 euro | Handicap: price quotation
- Duration: 1 hours
- Visitors: by 1 to 9
Special family
- Price 2 adults and 2 children between 4 and 12 years: 15 €
- Duration: 1 hours
- Visitors: by 1 to 4
Group ticket
- Price: 5 euros per ticket
- Duration: 1 hours
- Visitors: by 15 to 40
Guided schools
- Price: 5 €
- Duration: 1 hours
- Visitors: by 15 to 80
Schools without a guide
- Price: 4 €
- Duration: 1 hours
- Visitors: by 15 to 80
Combined Aquarium and Darwin Dohrn Museum
- Price: 10 €
- Visitors: by 1 to 9
Combined Aquarium, Darwin Dohrn Museum and Turtle Point
- 12 €
- Visitors: 1 to 9
Combined Aquarium and Darwin Dohrn Museum for families
- 25 €
- Visitors: maximum 4
Combined Aquarium and Darwin Dohrn Museum for groups
- 8 €
- Visitors: 15 to 80
Combined Aquarium, Darwin Dohrn Museum and Turtle Point for groups
- 10 €
- Visitors: 15 to 80
Information on the Darwin Dohrn Museum
When
Open every day
Where
Villa Comunale - 80121 Naples
Opening hours
Monday to Sunday from 9.00 to 17.00
Contacts
Official website | online ticket office: shop@dadom.it | 081 5833 642 | Ticketetteria@fondazionedohrn.it
Cover source: Naples - La Repubblica
Internal photo source: Dohrn Foundation
