The G. Zannato Museum of Archeology and Natural Sciences in Montecchio Maggiore collects, preserves and exhibits scientific and archaeological collections. The archaeological collections exhibit finds from prehistoric times to the early Middle Ages, the most consistent nuclei are mainly made up of ceramic materials from the Bronze Age and the Roman Age. The naturalistic collections include, in addition to a small nucleus of botanical and zoological collections, mainly paleontological finds (fossil crustaceans: 150 of these specimens are holotypes and 480 parapes) and mineralogical finds coming mainly from the Vicenza area.