"No wind is favorable for the sailor who does not know where to go" (L.A. Seneca)
The Museum of Natural History of the Mediterranean is located in the ancient Villa Henderson, built at the end of the 18th century.
The exhibition areas, renovated and newly built in the 1980s by architect Giuseppe Milanesi, are located in the modern building adjacent to the villa.
Subsequently, further expansion work led to the creation of the Sea Room dedicated to Mediterranean cetaceans, the result of years of recovery and study of specimens stranded on the Livorno coast.
The Museum of Natural History of the Mediterranean offers over 7,000 square meters of exhibition space dedicated to the Mediterranean environment, divided into 7 sections.
Five are housed in the central exhibition building, where the Planetarium is also located, while two are located in adjacent buildings within the historic park.
Outside, in fact, there is a Botanical Garden dedicated to species from the Mediterranean area and an Ethnobotanical Garden where ancient fruit species are collected.

"No wind is favorable for the sailor who does not know where to go" (L.A. Seneca)