Dadom - Museo Darwin Dohrn

About

Built in the Casina del Boschetto, recently renovated, it aims to open the world of research of the Stazione Zoologica to Neapolitans and visitors to the city. The Darwin Dohrn Museum (DaDoM) celebrates the close relationship between Anton Dohrn and Charles Darwin. Dohrn founded the Stazione Zoologica that today bears his name to "demonstrate the truth of Darwin's theory of evolution" through the study of marine life. The extensive correspondence between Darwin and Dohrn testifies to Darwin's favor for Dohrn's initiative. Anton Dohrn designed the Aquarium (recently renovated) to show Neapolitans and visitors to the city the wonders of the marine life of the Gulf. The Stazione Zoologica had and still has an exquisitely scientific vocation, but Dohrn immediately understood the importance of public awareness regarding the importance of what we now call biodiversity. For Neapolitans, however, the Stazione Zoologica is synonymous with the Aquarium, and the general public is not fully aware of the scientific activities that the researchers at the Stazione have been conducting for 150 years.

At a glance

• Typical visit: about 30 minutes