PERUGIA Museums and galleries - Museo di Storia Naturale

Archbishop’s residence

The Palazzo Arcivescovile (Archbishop’s residence), between Palazzo dei Priori and Via Maestà delle Volte, houses the Museum of Natural History, named after Monsignor Giulio Cicioni who promoted during the last century was a lively promoter of building up a collection of minerals, fossiles, samples of exotic fauna, reptiles, birds and fish, and finally a herbarium.