Anyone interested in the history of museology must visit the Museo di Palazzo Poggi. This wild and sometimes frightening collection is a fascinating examination of the way we have changed the way we see the natural world, the human body, physics, chemistry and geology. Possibly...More

When you visit this museum there are two things you will see, that are both well worth your effort. First, the palace and its magnificent decorations, second the scientific collection. Weird creatures, minerals, dated explanations (since Darwin wasn't there yet with his theory), beautiful maquettes,...More

This was an extremely interesting museum and very well worth the visit.The Medical areas of the museum are extremely interesting.

This is a highly personal museum, in the tradition of the German Wunderkammer, beautifully installed and well worth a visit, That is, it was assembled by one person's eclectic tastes and informs us as much by its aleatoric as by its aethetic

Don't go to the room of ostetrics if you are pregnant though, they have quite accurate 18th century models there about deformed fetuses and uteruses which are shocking. I would also discourage people who dislike looking at intestines from going in the room on anatomical...More

Science part of the university where the rooms are split into different aspect of science, the wax models with skeleton and different layers of wax showing the muscle groups were a must see and so too were the wonderful world globes. The obstetric part was...More

The museum is interesting primarily for various models of anatomy. There is a whole section dedicated to models of a foetus awaiting birth, in various different positions. The aim being to teach these and avoid the loss of life. We'll worth the 5 Euro entrance....More

At the Palazzo Poggi we explored the Institute of Science, where the friezes on the ceilings and at tops of walls, depicting biblical and classical stories, were worth a look on their own. One alternated scenes of indulgently elegant society (a woman accepting a glass...More

this is located a little out of the central area, but worth locating as this is a fabulous collection of wax works used for teaching medicine, together with many other absorbing exhibits in another wonderful building.

Today's comedy-drama walking adventure must have been directed and co-written by Federico Fellini. You see, this was no ordinary happy Italian Bologna day :-) Ticket is €3 per senior. What a bargain for such a trippy experience. Earlier this day, I had been looking all...More