The Museum of Natural History of Macerata is located in the historic center of the city of Macerata and is located in the basement of Palazzo Lucangeli. The building is one of the oldest in the city built in 1570 by the will of Captain Felice Rossini. The activity of the Institute dates back to 1973 when Romano Dezi, as well as curator of the museum, combined his passionate paleontological research activity with a series of exhibitions and interventions at the schools of the capital. Since 1993, the artefacts donated, purchased or collected during the curator's 35 years of activity have been exhibited to the public and made accessible. The exhibition is divided into five different sections: mineralogy, vertebrates, malacology, mineralogy and entomology. The paleontology section is very rich: among the numerous fossils, coming from the Macerata area, there are finds of fossil flora, a large quantity of Invertebrates, that is Molluscs - from the splendid Ammonites to the Bivalves and Gastropods - Trilobites and Echinoderms. The zoological collection presents a fair number of stuffed animals, especially birds, as well as mammals, parts of skeletons and horns of various animals; Dry prepared fish and reptiles. There is also a part reserved for the entomological collection, represented by numerous specimens of Beetles, as well as Lepidoptera of various origins. There is also a small section of Malacology with a notable presence of shells from seas and oceans around the world and one of Mineralogy with a collection of minerals, crystals and semi-precious stones, from both Italy and abroad. A hanging garden on the courtyard adjacent to the Museum is under construction.