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Collezione delle Cere Anatomiche "Luigi Cattaneo"

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Collezione delle Cere Anatomiche "Luigi Cattaneo"
University district
The Museum, ex Wax Museum "Luigi Cattaneo" - Museum of anatomy and pathological histology "C. Taruffi", contains a collection of 19th century anatomical wax models by the Florentine modeller Clemente Susini and by Bolognese wax modellers, the most important of whom are Giuseppe Astorri and Cesare Bettini. The historic moment of the Bolognese school was when the teacher of Anatomy began to carry out research into the variations, malformations, teratologics and alterations in shape caused by the various illnesses, as well as creating models in wax relative to the normal morphology. Dried specimens of the case under examination are displayed alongside these wax specimens, extremely useful as teaching aids, together with prints of the original drawings, thus illustrating the modus operandi of the anatomists of the period. The description is taken from SMA - University Museum System Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna The museum is part of SMA - Sistema Museale d'Ateneo Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
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Collezione delle Cere Anatomiche "Luigi Cattaneo"

Via Irnerio 48, 40126

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Free entry

Interests

  • Art & Culture

Timetables

Winter hours

September - May | Tuesday to Friday: 9 am - 1 pm
Last access 30 minutes before closing time.

Summer hours

June | Tuesday to Friday: 10 am - 1 pm
Last access 30 minutes before closing time.

July - August | Wednesday to Sunday: 9 am - 1 pm
Last access 30 minutes before closing time.

Holidays

Closed: Mondays (except public holidays), 24th and 25th December 2025, 1st January 2026

Special openings: 8th, 26th, 27th and 28th December; 3rd, 4th and 6th January, 10am-6pm

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