May 1st, 2023
The museums of the Palazzo degli Istituti anatomici will be closed on the 1st of May 2023.
1 Ticket for 3 Museums
With just one ticket you can visit the three museums
Wednesday always free
Access to the museums of the Palace of Anatomical Institutes is free
THE ART OF TRAPANNING
Exhibition, 11 April – 11 November 2022
Museum of human anatomy
Turin’s Museum of Human Anatomy was established in 1739
Anatomical wax models
The Museum’s recently restored wax models represent one of the richest existing collections of its kind, a legacy of great historical, scientific and artistic interest.
Virtual visit
Directed by Alessandro Rocca (© Copyright 2011 – All rights reserved) © MAU – All rights reserved
Carlo Giacomini
(1840-1898) In 1876 he took over the direction of the Anatomical Institute
HISTORY
In 1563 the gifted Angelo Visca was called from Savona and this marks the start of the Turin School of Anatomy. However the first information about an Anatomical collection dates back to 1739 when Charles Emmanuel III asked the Anatomy professor Giovanni Battista Bianchi to create the University Museum in the building in Via Po which is…