Herbaria
Herbariums The museum has two small collections of dried plants related to the Ferrara area: the officinal herbarium of Raffaele Curti (about 100 sheets) and the herbarium of specimens collected on the banks of maceri, typical freshwater reservoirs once used for hemp processing (23 sheets).
The ethnographic collection
The ethnographic collection Established when the Museum was founded, the ethnographic collection contains artifacts related to the customs and traditions of the peoples encountered by the early donors during their explorations on different continents. About 30 specimens are currently preserved. Among the best-known pieces is the Tsantsa, a ritual head created by the Amazonian Shuar […]
Mammal Collections
Mammal collections The historical collection includes 214 specimens, including osteological specimens and naturalized taxidermied specimens, while the study collection has about 1,600 specimens. The latter, recovered already deceased and entrusted to the museum, include species of special significance such as the wild cat ( Felis silvestris), the wolf (Canis lupus), the golden jackal (Canis aureus) […]
Ornithological collections
Ornithological collections The ornithological collections include 2,080 taxidermied specimens, including some once common but now considered extinct species, such as the curlew (Numenius tenuirostris). The study collection, developed from 1982 onward includes 233 specimens for 74 species from the Po Delta and Emilia-Romagna; the birds had died from various causes (impacts with high-tension cables, road […]
Herpetological collections
Herpetological collections Herpetological collections include amphibians and reptiles and include historical artifacts and artifacts from research activities conducted since 1990. They are preserved in ethyl alcohol. They consist of 1,726 amphibians and 797 reptiles, totaling 2,523 specimens. The amphibian collection represents 82% of European species and 85% of Italian species, while the reptile collection comprises […]
Entomological collections
Entomological collections They consist of nearly 400,000 dry-prepared specimens stored in entomological boxes and dedicated cabinets. The general collection collects specimens that come from the research activities of the Museum and the Ecology Station. Other materials come from donations or purchases: Historical collection: 562 artifacts, all orders General Collection: 45,000 artifacts, all orders Giorgio Grillenzoni […]
Invertebrate collections
Invertebrate collections These materials include non-insect arthropods, other invertebrates, and other materials resulting from Ecology Station activities that did not make it into the dry collections. In fact, a portion of the field-collected specimens require other conservation techniques because of their biological nature, or they are long series of insects of the same species, represented […]
Malacological collections
Malacological collections The historical collection includes 2,071 specimens for 683 species, many from exotic sources. Over the years, the museum has acquired the collections of Enrico Antichi (1,166 specimens of 695 species of the genus Conus from all over the world), Gianfranco Chesi’s (531 species), Giorgio Lazzari’s (100,000 specimens of at least 3,500 terrestrial and […]
Earth Science Collections.
Earth Science Collections These collections, consisting of rocks, minerals and fossils, gather about 21,000 artifacts, divided as follows: Historical collection (minerals, rocks, fossils): about 4,700 Educational collection (minerals, rocks, fossils): 1,150 Exhibits on display (minerals, rocks, fossils): 1,019 Conti collection (fossils): about 6,000 Collection of “Vienna” (fossils): 3,374 Carlo Pesarini Collection (fossils): 1,941 Mihran Tchaprassian […]
Domenico Panetti, Madonna and Child with Two Donors
Dominic Panetti (c. 1475 – 1512) Madonna and Child and two donors, c. 1497-1500 Tempera grassa on board Museo della Cattedrale, inv. MC057 The panel painting depicting the Madonna and Child and two donors, which adorned one of the side altars of the ancient cathedral although its original location is still unknown today, is […]