 While keeping a zoological address, it now has flora, geological, and paleontological specimens and a large library containing works in various languages.In 2010, the museum moved to the new headquarter in via Cumano (entrance from via dei Tominz 4), next to Civico Museo della Guerra per la Pace Diego de Henriquez, with whom is part of an only museum center.Heinrich Koch - Honorary Director (1846-1852)

Heinrich Freyer - Curator (1852-1864)

Adamo Simeone de Syrski - Director (1866-1876)

Charles de Marchesetti - Director (1876-1921)

Mario Stenta - Director (1921-1928)

Giuseppe Müller - Director (1928-1945)

Edoardo Gridelli - Curator (1945-1957)

Renato Mezzena - (1960-1987)

Sergio Dolce - (1990-2010)

Botanical collection contains over 1,500,000 specimens, including herbaria of vascular plant from Italy and, especially, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, in addition to seaweed, moss, wood, seed, and fruit collections.