Natural History Museum of Rijeka

(Local Name: Prirodoslovni Muzej Rijeka) The Natural History Museum of Rijeka is housed in a 19th Century villa and contains a wide range of displays related to Rijeka and the surrounding area which include some 90,000 specimens. The museum is divided up into a number of categories which include; Collection of Rocks, Collection of Minerals, General Paleontological Collection, Evolution of Man, Geological Stratigraphic Collection of the Rijeka Region, Collection of Quarternary Fossil Fauna from Caves of the Rijeka Region, Paleontological Collection, Geological Stratigraphic Collection of the Island of Krk, Marine Invertebrates Collection, Malacological Collection, Etnomological Collection, and the Ichtiological Collection. Some of the Natural History Museum's most prized possessions, including rare specimens, are held in the storerooms but may be viewed as part of a tour.