During the 18th and 19th centuries, medical scientists began to shift their attention from the study of human anatomy to that of pathology, in order to understand the cause and development of certain anomalies.
The Comparative Anatomy Collection exhibits preparations, skeletons and specimens which provide us documentary evidence on how vertebrates evolved across millions of years to adapt to new needs such as swimming, digging or running.
The Collection houses the instruments used for the experimental study of physics in the 19th and 20th centuries, which still have a fundamental scientific and historical value.
SMA is a network of fifteen museums, collections, and a digital museum belonging to the University of Bologna , the oldest university in the Western world .
