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Museum of Human Anatomy Luigi Rolando

The Museum of Human Anatomy Luigi Rolando (Italian: Museo di
Museum of Human Anatomy
anatomia umana Luigi Rolando) is a museum of human anatomy that
Luigi Ronaldo
was founded in 1739 with headquarters in Torino, Italy. It is part of the
museum network of the University of Turin and moved to its current Museo di anatomia umana Luigi Rolando
location in the Building of the Anatomical Institutes (Italian: Palazzo
degli Istituti Anatomici) in 1898.

History
The study of anatomy in Turin began in 1563, with the arrival in town of
Savona scholar Angelo Visca, but it was only in 1739 that it was the first
collection of anatomical preparations, commissioned by Giovanni
Battista Bianchi Carlo Emanuele III for forming the University Museum.
Of that collection remain a valuable statue in plaster of a pregnant
woman, a decomposable model of the brain in wood and ivory, and some
waxes.

In 1830, thanks to the work of Luigi Rolando, the collection was

increased by new finds and opened to the public for the first time.[1]
These expansions included some of what is now the Museo Egizio of
Turin.

Between 1837 and 1898, under the direction of Carlo Giacomini, the
collection is still being expanded with the addition of anatomical
specimens in alcohol and dry. The spread of the evolutionary theory of
Charles Darwin encourages the development of anthropological
collections and primatological.

In 1898, with the completion of the building of anatomical studies, the

museum was moved to its permanent headquarters.
Established 1739
Collections Location Palazzo degli Istituti
Anatomici, Corso Massimo
The museum, in addition to the collection of purely anatomical features,
d'Azeglio 52, Torino, Italy
also contains anthropological collections, phrenological, primatological,
artistic and period instruments. There is also a library and an archive of
Website museounito.it/anatomia/ (htt
documents and photographs.
p://museounito.it/anatomia/)

The museum contains a collection of 200 human wax models.

References
1. Abbott, Alison (9 October 2008). "Hidden treasures: Turin's anatomy museum". Nature. 455 (736).
doi:10.1038/455736a (https://doi.org/10.1038%2F455736a).
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