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France hosts 36 museums dedicated to zoology and natural sciences. The National Museum of Natural History, the Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy, and the Museum of Natural History in Lille are among the major institutions in the country. These spaces allow visitors to understand past and present biodiversity through exceptional collections of skeletons, fossils, and naturalized specimens. Discover below the 36 museums listed on The Artwork Room.
36 musées

The National Museum of Natural History is a research and knowledge transmission institution dedicated to natural history and human sciences. Located in Paris, it manages a vast net…
57 Rue Cuvier
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The Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy, located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris within the National Museum of Natural History, is a scientific and heritage institut…
2 Rue Buffon
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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 Nancy Museum-Aquarium is an institution recognized as. Located on Sainte-Catherine Street in Nancy, in Meurthe-et-Moselle, it combines two approaches to natural heritage: a zoo…
34 Rue Sainte-Catherine
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The Natural History Museum of Nantes is a research and conservation institution. Its collections cover several fields: zoology, earth and space sciences, botany, ethnology, and his…
12 Rue Voltaire
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Founded in 1819, the Marseille Natural History Museum is located in the right wing of the Palais Longchamp. It presents collections of natural curiosities and heritage items, refle…
Palais Longchamp, Rue Espérandieu
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The Maison de la Baie de Somme is an interpretation center located in Lanchères, between Saint-Valery-sur-Somme and Hourdel, in the Somme. The museum offers a fun and educational a…
D3, Le Teratu
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The Shell Museum, located in Les Sables-d'Olonne in Vendée, is a museum dedicated to collections of shells, corals and marine minerals. It houses approximately 50,000 pieces organi…
8 Rue du Maréchal Leclerc
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The Departmental Museum of Var, established in Toulon, is an institution. It brings together natural history collections and offers perspectives on the fauna, flora, and geoscience…
Jardin du Las
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The Natural History Museum of Dijon is housed in the former barracks of the arquebusiers, a 19th-century building with characteristic arcades, located on rue Jehan de Marville. It…
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, 1 Av. Albert 1er
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The Orléans Museum for Biodiversity and the Environment (MOBE) is a scientific culture institution dedicated to natural heritage and understanding biodiversity. It preserves more t…
6 Rue Marcel Proust
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The Natural History Museum of Tours is a municipal institution dedicated to natural sciences, located in Tours in Indre-et-Loire, in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It is part of t…
3 Rue du Président Merville
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The Museum of Natural Sciences in Angers is a labeled establishment. It occupies two major sites: the Demarie-Valentin mansion and the former comtal palace in the city center, as w…
43 Rue Jules Guitton
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The Natural History Museum of Bourges is an institution dedicated to natural history and scientific heritage. It houses collections and offers temporary exhibitions as well as an e…
All. René Ménard
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The Natural History Museum of Le Havre is an institution of natural sciences located in Le Havre in Seine-Maritime, in Normandy. It falls into the category of natural history museu…
Pl. du Vieux Marché
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Musée de la nature
Samer · Pas-de-Calais
The Museum of Nature is established in Samer, a municipality in Pas-de-Calais in the Hauts-de-France region. As its name indicates, it is dedicated to the presentation and enhancem…
Pl. de l'Abbaye
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The House of Insects, located in Carrières-sous-Poissy in the Yvelines, is a museum open to the public since 2017, managed by the Office for Insects and their Environment (Opie), a…
718 Av. du Dr. Marcel touboul
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The Auxerre Museum is a natural history museum located in Auxerre, in Yonne, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. As an establishment, it constitutes a municipal cultural facilit…
5 Bd Vauban
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The Maison du Cerf is a museum dedicated to cervids, located in Villeny in Sologne (Loir-et-Cher). Unique in France in its specialization, it occupies a half-timbered house and off…
Pl. de l'Église
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The Autun Museum of Natural History is a public institution dedicated to natural sciences, located in Saône-et-Loire in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Recognized under the Her…
Imp. Rollet
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The Museum of Natural History in Chambéry, managed by the Society of Natural History of Savoy, has been housed in the royal castle of Chambéry since 1851. Its collections comprise…
208 Av. de Lyon
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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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Maison de la Nature de la Grenouillère
Saint-Benoist-sur-Mer · Vendée
The House of Nature at La Grenouillère, located in Saint-Benoist-sur-Mer in Vendée, is a scientific museum dedicated to the biodiversity of aquatic environments in the Vendée Grand…
18 Rue de l'Église
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The Arche des Cimes is a nature interpretation and knowledge center located in Ristolas, at the gateway to the Ristolas-Mont Viso Natural Reserve in the Queyras. The museum present…
24 Rue du May
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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 municipal museum of Semur-en-Auxois, established in Côte-d'Or in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, is. It brings together varied collections organized by discipline: gallery of original…
3 Rue Jean Jacques Collenot
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Le Clos Saint Victor, known as the House of Fauna and Flora, is a museum located in Étaples, in the Pas-de-Calais, in the Hauts-de-France region. This establishment is dedicated to…
35 Bd Bigot Descelers
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The Museum of Natural History and Prehistory of Nîmes, inaugurated in 1895, is ranked 6th nationally for the richness of its collections. It preserves more than 700,000 specimens c…
13 Bd Amiral Courbet, 30000 Nîmes, France
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The Entomological Museum of Saint-Quentin is located within the Saint-Jacques Space. It houses a collection estimated at approximately 600,000 insect specimens, of which about 11,0…
14 Rue de la Sellerie, 02100 Saint-Quentin, France
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The Museum of Hunting and Nature is a Parisian institution dedicated to the themes of hunting and nature. It operates under the status of a foundation recognized as serving the pub…
62 Rue des Archives, 75003 Paris, France
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The Charles-Payraudeau ornithological museum is established in La Chaize-le-Vicomte in Vendée, in the Pays-de-la-Loire region. It falls into the category of museums in rural territ…
Rue des Noyers, 85310 La Chaize-le-Vicomte, France
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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…
École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort - EnvA, 7 Av. du Général de Gaulle, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France
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The Zoological Museum of Louis Pasteur University and the City of Strasbourg is a museum located in the heart of the city and university campus. This institution reopened in Septem…
29 Bd de la Victoire, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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The Écomusée de la Brenne, located in Blanc in Indre, occupies the Naillac castle, a fortress overlooking the Creuse for over eight centuries. Founded in 1986, it is built around a…
Château Naillac, 36300, France
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The Gévaudan Museum is a museum located in Mende, in Lozère, in the Occitanie region. Open since the end of 2022, it has been labeled under the Heritage Code since 2003. Its collec…
3 Rue de l'Épine, 48000 Mende, 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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