Musée Fragonard
Sciences & Nature

Musée Fragonard

Maisons-Alfort · Val-de-Marne · Île-de-France

The Fragonard Museum, created in 1766 during the founding of the Royal Veterinary School of Paris, is one of the oldest museums in France. Located in Maisons-Alfort in Val-de-Marne, it constitutes a site museum integrated into the historic domain of Alfort. The museum preserves exceptional collections dedicated to animals, notably in anatomy, skeletons, teratology, and pathology, as well as Fragonard's flayed specimens and natural history collections. Remaining closed to the public until 1991, the museum was renovated in 2008 and offers visitors the atmosphere of a place frozen at the beginning of the twentieth century. It represents a remarkable heritage that has endured through the centuries despite successive relocations and troubled periods of history.

Practical information

Address

École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort - EnvA, 7 Av. du Général de Gaulle, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France

Phone number

01 43 96 71 72

Official website

vet-alfort.fr

Getting there

Nearest station

About 10 min walk from metro École Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort.

Parking

On-site parking.

Distances and times calculated from © OpenStreetMap contributors data · calculated on 2 September 2026

Galleries nearby: La Traverse (918 m), Etienne Buraud (1.3 km), Baptistella Fontaine Rosane (2.6 km).

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