Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "Angelo Priolo" Randazzo

Established in 1983 and inaugurated in 1989, the Museum of Natural Science exhibits the ornithological collection Priolo, which began in 1939 and originally dedicated solely to Italian bird life, over time the collection has expanded to exotic birds and is currently composed of about 2000 pieces. The collection is particularly important for the study of the avifauna of Sicily, has about 400 species and also includes birds now extinct. To better understand this fabulous collection a room of the museum is dedicated to the explanation of ornithology. The geological collection, created by Luigi Lino, is composed of fossils, minerals, rocks and shells, collected mostly in Sicily: note some relics of the Pleistocene fauna, some volcanic products of Etna and some specimens of fossil fish from Sicily and from Brazil. strong piece of the museum is a beautiful diorama reproduces a corner of the river valley Rosemary, where the griffins became extinct in 1965 because of a poisoning caused by a few morsels to strychnine left carelessly by farmers to protect themselves from stray dogs and foxes. The Museum is dedicated all'ornitologo Ing. Angel Priolo. The City of Randazzo, where Angel Priolo was home for sentimental reasons, linked to the origins of his family, established the Museum of Natural Sciences in 1983 when Ing. Priolo handed in foster his collection in Randazzo in order to proceed to the acquisition by the Region of Sicily, which ended at the end of 1986. The Priolo Collection became public property and was assigned to the City of Randazzo. The 389 species of birds, belonging to 80 families were properly placed in the premises of the Institute Saint Joan Antide to which were added the collections of the naturalist Dr. Luigi Lino, several ltisignificativi exhibits and other wonderful examples very useful for scientific research and teaching . The Museum aims to contribute to the progress and diffusion of naturalistic culture by collecting, the increase, the enhancement of the collections and the promotion of initiatives for the dissemination of the knowledge acquired.