Museum of palenteology and geology Gaetano Giorgio Gemmellaro

The Museo Geologico Gemmellaro on Corso Tukory is a geology and palaeontology research museum affiliated with the University of Palermo, founded in 1866 and recognized as an Italian national monument. It is named after the palaeontologist Gaetano Giorgio Gemmellaro, whose work on Mesozoic marine sediments in Sicily laid important groundwork for Mediterranean earth sciences. The collections — fossils, minerals, and rock specimens drawn largely from Sicily and the wider Mediterranean basin — rank among the most significant of their kind in the region. For visitors interested in deep-time natural history, it offers a scholarly, relatively uncrowded alternative to the city's more prominent museums.