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The museum houses a room dedicated to Camillo Golgi, who was awarded the Nobel

Prize for medicine in 1906 for his invention of a histology method, known as the black or silver chromate method, which laid the foundation of modern neuroscience. A case shows instruments and documentes concerning Golgi’s life and discoveries. They include key discoveries for the field of cytology such as the Golgi apparatus, and his studies on malaria, which were important for infectivology.

A case is dedicated to Adelchi Negri, whose name is linked to a major discovery about rabies (Negri bodies).

The museum has an important archival collection (about 3000 documents) relating to teaching and research activities, Golgi&’s political commitment or his private life.