The German naturalist Antonio Dohrn founded the institute in the second half of nineteenth century. Today it has the oldest aquarium in Europe, with about 30 tanks with 200 species of sea animals and plants, all from the Gulf of Naples. It also has a library and sea zoological, botanical and physiological research laboratories.
Zoological Station
Villa Comunale
Tel. 081.5833263
web: www.szn.it
Closed on Mondays. Open: from 1 March to 31 October: Tue to Sat - Hours: 9.00 a.m. - 06.00 p.m.; Sun and holidays 9.30 a.m. - 07.30 p.m.; from 1 Nov. to 28 Feb : Tue to Sat 9.00 a.m. - 05.00 p.m.; Sun and holidays 9.30 a.m. - 02.00 p.m.
Tickets fares: Adults €1,50 - children 5 - 12 years € 1,00 - Under 5 free.