The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano is a museum in Milan, Italy. It was founded in 1838 when
naturalist Giuseppe de Cristoforis donated his collections to the city. Its first director was Giorgio Jan.
The Museum is located within a 19th-century building in the Indro Montanelli Garden, near the historic city gate of Porta Venezia. The structure was built between 1888 and 1893 in Neo-Romanesque style with Gothic elements.
The museum is divided into five different permanent sections: Mineralogy ; Paleontology ; Natural History of Man ; Invertebrate Zoology ; and Vertebrate Zoology .
The museum also exhibits the largest Italian collection of full size dioramas that allow visitors to observe some peculiar aspects of various ecosystems.
