Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milan
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Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
) was founded in 1838 when
Giuseppe de Cristoforis
Giuseppe De Cristoforis
Giuseppe De Cristoforis was an Italian naturalist and collector....
(1803–1837) donated his collections to the city. Its first director was Giorgio Jan
Giorgio Jan
Giorgio Jan was an Italian taxonomist, zoologist, botanist, herpetologist, and writer. He is also known as Georg Jan or Georges Jan....
(1791–1866).