The Mostra di Paleontologia is in the ex-church of San Tommaso. It features a large collection of fossils and mammals' remains from about 2 million years ago that were found in the Tiber basin, near Terni.
The most important exhibit is the a complete skeleton of a young doe (Axis nestii) that was fossilised in the position in which the animal died. The collection also includes the remains of:
✴a mammoth or elephant (Mammuthus meridionalis);
✴a rhinoceros (Stephanorhinus etruscus);
✴a pig (Sus strozzii);
✴a species of hyena (Pachycrocuta brevirostris);
✴a horse (Equus stenonis);
✴a sabre-toothed tiger (Megantereon cultridens);
✴a species of antelope (Leptobos etruscus); and
✴ a turtle (Emys orbicularis).