page_title: Livorno
section_title: Museo di storia naturale del Mediterraneo
hierarchical_section_title: Livorno / Museums / Museo di storia naturale del Mediterraneo
caption_attribution_description: English: &#160;Italy, Livorno, Via Roma 234, Villa Webb Henderson. It was the villa of James Webb, a rich English merchant, who died in 1822 and the villa passed to the family Guebhard. In 1850 the title of succession went to Mrs. Webb James widow of Giovanni Gherarducci and in 1890 to Webb James Elisa and Gherarducci Elvira. The property was sold in 1900 to Bracchini Ettore and on August 7, 1917 to Peterson Costance wife of Giorgio Henderson. Henderson’s widow sold the villa in 1935 to the Provincial administration which transformed it into a Museum of Natural History of the Mediterranean Sea.
context_page_description: Livorno is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn.
context_section_description: The origins of the museum date back to 1929 and part of the objects went destroyed by World War II. After the war the museum was reopened inside the Livorno Aquarium and only in 1980 was transferred to Villa Henderson. The museum is divided in several halls regarding the Man, the Man in the Mediterranean context, the Invertebrates, the Sea, the Flight in Nature. Inside the museum is a Planetarium and an Auditorium.
caption: Museo di storia naturale del Mediterraneo
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