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France has 31 museums dedicated to geology and earth sciences. Science Experiences Lyon, the Museum of Natural History in Lille and the Ardèche Museum are key references for exploring minerals, fossils and geological formations. These institutions make it possible to understand the richness and complexity of French natural heritage. Discover below the 31 museums listed on The Artwork Room.
31 musées

Science Expériences is an immersive museum dedicated to natural and experimental sciences, located in downtown Lyon. The tour, lasting approximately 1 hour 15 minutes, unfolds over…
32 Rue Thomassin
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The Museum of Natural History and Geology of Lille is located on rue Gosselet in Lille in the Hauts-de-France region. The museum houses collections of zoology and geology accessibl…
23 Rue Gosselet
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The Ardèche Museum, located in Balazuc, is a natural history museum dedicated to fossils and prehistory. It presents a collection of fossils from the Ardèche territory, covering a…
344 Chemin de Cournazou
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The Geology and Mineralogy Gallery, located in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, is a scientific natural history museum specializing in the study of minerals, rocks, and meteorites.…
36 Rue Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire
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The Cap Garonne Mine Museum, located in Le Pradet in the Var, is set up in former copper mines exploited since 1857. The site offers a visit of approximately one hour in undergroun…
Le, 1000 Chem. du Baou Rouge
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The Chamonix-Mont-Blanc Crystal Museum offers a mineralogy exhibition centered on the Alps and collections from around the world. The tour begins along the Alpine chain, highlighti…
615 All. Recteur Payot
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The Promenade Museum, located in Digne-les-Bains in Occitania, is home to the UNESCO Global Geopark of Haute-Provence. As an interpretation space for territorial heritage, it offer…
Mntée Bernard Della Casagrande, 10 Av. Saint-Benoît BP 30156
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The Archaeological Museum of Val d'Oise (MADVO), located in Guiry-en-Vexin in the French Vexin, is a site museum classified as. Set up on two levels, it presents collections spanni…
4 Place du Château
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Fossilea is a museum dedicated to geoheritage and the geological history of the Beaujolais region, located in Saint-Jean-des-Vignes in the Rhône. The museum invites visitors to exp…
116 Chem. du Pinay
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Musée des minéraux
Villemoirieu · Isère
The Mineral Museum is located on the ground floor of the Château de Montiracle, a former Templar commandery first mentioned in 1276, situated in Villemoirieu in Isère. The museum h…
3 Imp. du Château
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The Stone-Eater Museum, located in a former school in Mortagne-sur-Sèvre in Vendée, is dedicated to mineralogy. It offers a modern and recreational approach to mineral science, com…
1 Rue Belle Allée
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The Granite Museum is an open-air museum located in rural territory in Saint-Michel-de-Montjoie, in Manche, Normandy. It is dedicated to granite, a characteristic material of the r…
55 impasse du musée
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The Minerals and Fossils Museum of Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre, presented under the commercial name "La Pé-pite de Big'Or", is dedicated to mineralogy and paleontology. Open since July 202…
1 Av. Sanche de Gascogne
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Founded in 1990 by the Mineralogical and Paleontological Association of Bogny-sur-Meuse, this museum is dedicated to geology and Earth sciences. It features ten exhibition rooms gr…
32 Rue Maurice Louis
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The Museum of Fine Arts and Natural History of Châteaudun, established under the status of [institutional status], brings together archaeological, artistic and naturalist collectio…
3 Rue Toufaire
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The Museum of Mining and Mineralogy of Saint-Pierre-la-Palud, located in the Rhône region, documents the history of local mining operations, particularly iron pyrite extraction fro…
Chem. du Puit Perret
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The Slate and Geology Museum is a site museum established in rural territory in Renazé, in Mayenne, in the Pays-de-la-Loire region. Labeled as a "museum of France" since 2003 under…
Longchamps
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The House of Mineralogy of the Massif Central is a museum located in Antignac, in Cantal, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Dedicated to mineralogy, it is part of a region recogn…
2 Le Vignonnet
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The Prat Museum is an ecomuseum located in Labrousse, in the Cantal. It offers an educational approach to natural sciences and local history, presenting the geological formation of…
Lieu dit de, Prat
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The Théodore Calbet Museum, located in Bagnères-de-Bigorre in Occitanie, is a natural history museum situated in a rural area. Recognized under the Heritage Code, it houses collect…
5 Rue Jean Rösch/vallon de Salut
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The Collobrières Museum is a scientific establishment devoted to geology, mineralogy and paleontology, located in the Var in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur. Managed by the Association…
2 Rue Jean Jaurès
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Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Puisaye (SHNY)
Charny Orée de Puisaye · Yonne
The Natural History Museum of Puisaye, located in Charny Orée de Puisaye in the Yonne, is run by the Natural History Society of the Yonne (SHNY), an association created in 2016. Th…
466 route d'Auxerre
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The Gautron du Coudray Municipal Museum is located in Marzy, in Nièvre, in an 18th-century building that has occupied the former presbytery opposite the Saint-André church since 19…
22 Pl. de l'Église
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Musée des Mineraux du Parc botanique de Cornouaille Combrit
Lieu-dit Kerlever · Finistère
The Mineral Museum of the Cornouaille Botanical Park, located in Combrit in Finistère, was created in 2000 by Jean-Pierre Gueguen, founder of the adjacent botanical park. It presen…
Au sein du Parc botanique Combrit FR, Route de Pont l'Abbé
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The Quentovic Museum is located in Étaples-sur-Mer in two former 17th-century private mansions situated on Place du Général de Gaulle. The museum takes its name from the ancient so…
8 Pl. du Général de Gaulle, 62630 Étaples, France
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The Marc Deydier Museum is housed in a 17th-century townhouse in the heart of the village of Cucuron, in Vaucluse. It brings together collections organized around three main themes…
Rue de l'Église, 84160 Cucuron, France
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Located on the edge of the old town center of Les Vans, in Ardèche, the regional museum occupies the buildings of a former convent and an old silk mill. The establishment holds an…
4 Rue du Couvent, 07140 Les Vans, France
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The Museum of Introduction to Nature is a natural history museum located in Caen, in Calvados. Owned by the City of Caen, it is run by the CPIE Vallée de l'Orne. The museum offers…
Enceinte de l'Abbaye aux Hommes, 14000 Caen, France
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The Frank A. Perret Museum is a museum of volcanic and local history located in Saint-Pierre in Martinique. Created in 1933 by Frank Arnold Perret, an American volcanologist and ge…
169 D10, Saint-Pierre 97250, Martinique
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The Mineralogical Museum of the Industrial Society of Mulhouse has been housed since 1966 within the National School of Chemistry of Mulhouse. Listed as a historical monument, it p…
10 Rue de la Bourse, 68100 Mulhouse, France
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Musée régional de géologie Pierre Vetter
Decazeville · Aveyron
The Pierre Vetter regional geology museum is an institution specialized in Earth sciences, established in Decazeville in Aveyron. It is part of the French heritage code framework.…
2 Av. Paul Ramadier, 12300 Decazeville, France
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