During his almost forty years of activity (1803-1841), Camillo Ranzani's direction of the Natural History Museum in Bologna played an important role in the development of natural history collections. His contribution to natural history is multifaceted: he enhanced the teaching of the discipline; he ensured continuity in the management of the collections; he brought the layout of the rooms up to date; he increased the collections, especially in the less represented areas of natural history; and finally, he favored a series of studies dedicated to the specimens in the collection. The aim of this paper is therefore to emphasise Ranzani's direction, especially in terms of how he managed the natural history collections in Bologna, in the light of a rich archival documentation that is still almost unexplored today.
Le collezioni bolognesi di storia naturale agli inizi del XIX secolo. La direzione "dimenticata" di Camillo Ranzani
Canadelli E.;Tonetti L.
2022
Abstract
During his almost forty years of activity (1803-1841), Camillo Ranzani's direction of the Natural History Museum in Bologna played an important role in the development of natural history collections. His contribution to natural history is multifaceted: he enhanced the teaching of the discipline; he ensured continuity in the management of the collections; he brought the layout of the rooms up to date; he increased the collections, especially in the less represented areas of natural history; and finally, he favored a series of studies dedicated to the specimens in the collection. The aim of this paper is therefore to emphasise Ranzani's direction, especially in terms of how he managed the natural history collections in Bologna, in the light of a rich archival documentation that is still almost unexplored today.
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