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Natural History Museum in Nantes
The history of the Nantes Natural History Museum begins with the creation of a private practice in 1799 by the pharmacist François-René Dubuisson. It was in 1872 that the museum moved into the premises it still occupies today. These premises have undergone numerous renovations and expansions over time. The collections cover all areas of natural…
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Natural History Museum in Geneva
The Natural History Museum of Geneva, Switzerland, was created in 1794, the collections increasing over the years, the museum has moved several times. In 1966 a large simple and modern building was built to house the museum’s collections and research. We are far from the atmosphere and the aesthetics of the dusty cabinets of curiosities…
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Testut-Latarjet museum
The Testut-Latarjet museum was founded in 1854, it’s the museum of anatomy and medical natural history attached to the faculty of medicine of Lyon. It was installed since 1930 in the grounds of the faculty of medicine, it was moved in 2015 to Rillieux-la-Pape (the photos were taken before the move, between 2014 and 2015).…
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Natural History Museum in Lille
The Natural History Museum in Lille was created in 1822, it was installed in the premises it still occupies today in 1896. It houses four major collections, two of which are currently kept in the reserves for lack of space. These are ethnography (about 15,000 objects) and science and technology (about 70,000 pieces), some pieces…
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Fragonard Museum
The Fragonard Museum is the museum of the National Veterinary School located in Maisons-Alfort in the Paris suburbs. Created in 1766, it’s one of the oldest museums in France, this imposing and diversified collection of 4200 items relating to domestic animals is from the 18th century until the 1980s. The four rooms of the museum…
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Ocean Serpent by Huang Yong Ping
Since 2012, in France where the river Loire meets the Atlantic Ocean, you can see this 130 meters long skeleton of a giant snake. In the background is the port of St Nazaire and the shipyards. Huang Yong Ping is an artist born in China in Xiamen in 1954. He came to France for an…
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Natural History Museum in Montauban
The Victor Brun Natural History Museum was created in Montauban in 1852. The 19th century atmosphere, with old wooden showcases for instance, is blending with more recent stagings. In the first room we immediately see the elephant which almost touches the ceiling, on the museum website we can read: « The elephant of the Pinder Circus,…
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