6 Best Natural history museums in France

Midden in heb centrum/wandelgebied in Tours staat dit kleine museum. Gelegen aan een smalle straat, tussen de oude huizen. Je loopt het museum ongemerkt voorbij. Het is vooral een kijk en lees museum.
Er zijn twee exposities, de vaste en de kort lopende tentoonstelling.
De vaste opstelling:
Deze begint op verdieping 2. Te bereiken via de trap of lift. Dit is een zaal vol opgezette dieren. De grootste groep heeft een vacht, daarna komen de veren dragers. Een enkele reptiel maakt de verzameling af. Daarnaast kan je enkele insecten bewonderen. Een stenenverzameling maakt de collectie compleet. Bij mekaar is het niet groot. De herkenbaarheid van de dieren maakt het wel leuk om te zien.
Een trap omhoog is de bibliotheek, en ook daar zitten enkele opgezette dieren verstopt. Een vergroting van een termietheuvel is het bekijken waard.
Met uitzondering van de mieren zijn alle dieren hier morsdood. Ik ga ervan uit dat deze mieren in het terrarium goed verzorgd worden. En dus heb ik mijn kijk op de mierenwereld iets moeten bijstellen.
De tijdelijke opstelling had de dierenwereld op de polen op het oog. Door middel van prachtige foto's waren vogels, pinguïns en orca's te bewonderen.
De eerste verdieping was niet toegankelijk, en dus was de gehele collectie niet te bewonderen. De entreeprijs is daarom naar beneden gebracht naar 3 euro's.
Het museum:
Gelegen in een bestaand pand. Bij de ingang zijn kluisjes beschikbaar. Er is een wc aanwezig. Dit museum heeft geen horeca, direkt om de hoek heten diverse drinkgelegenheden u welkom.
Taal: Frans.
Parkeren:
Even verder op kunt u gebruik maken van een garage. Wij hebben gratis gestaan aan de rand van de rivier, parking Napoleon. Dat had een praktische kant, de overdekte parkeergarage is maar 1.80 hoog. En dat ging onze dakkoffer niet redden. Een keer zo'n levenservaring is ruim voldoende.
Het is een leuk museum. Simpel van opzet. Dit museum kan je meenemen als je Tours gaat bezoeken.

Wir finden das Museum für Kinder sehr schön. Viele der Ausstellungsvitrinen sind kinderfreundlich auf dem Boden und nicht höher als einen Meter.
Wir hatten uns aber mehr vorgestellt und waren als Erwachsene sehr enttäuscht. Uns hat es gestört, dass nur ein Teil der Tiere wirklich echt präpariert ist. Die Plastikimitate wirkten auf uns primitiv und nicht sehr realistisch. Sehr schade fanden wir auch, dass die Schilder durchweg französisch sind und kein englisch.

It was the Crowded museum in the museum's island. Good circulation below the colourful transparent roof that is shifting lights colour time to time. Shop was too small and poor in choices. Despite the diversity of the museum. It can be improved in this respect.

Evolution indeed...
Great place for kids and grownups.
Make reservation because you risk to remain outside...we wanted to see also the "Lost world" in VR but it was fully booked so...
Overall a great experience

This was a highlight of my trip to Lyon. A very well done museum with several temporary and permanent exhibits. My favourite was the taxidermy/tree of life/exciting animal exhibit. Notable things include the skeleton of a mammoth, massive whale, dinosaur, pterodactyl’s, dodo bird and elk. The temporary exhibit of the photographer Marc Riboud was very interesting showing some very real moments throughout history. Worth noting to spend more time in the permanent exhibits than the temporary ones to make sure you have enough time to see the important things.

Great educational experience for the kids, highly recommend to visit when in Paris with kids. Also not to crowded during the week

Visited in December 2023 There are temporary and permanent exhibitions. Some of the exhibits are interactive. I really liked "Africa, thousand lives of objects" (The life of 230 objects, from their design to their various uses) and "Secrets of there Earth" (Penetrate the depths of the Earth and discover the planet's mineral riches). In fact, to see all the exhibitions of the museum one should spend a day there.

Great for the kids, spend a couple hours here. A little dark and descriptions are all in french. The exhibits are entertaining.

We really loved our visit to this museum. It offers a wide variety of subjects and perspectives on the universe, our planet, humans and what unites us. I especially loved the temporary exposition about the discovery of the Antarctic (those visuals and sounds 😲). Also the permanent exposition on the birth of our universe was amazing. Special shout-out for adding the short documentary of Cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo... it's heartbreaking 💔

Quite an interesting museum, but I was expecting it to be bigger. All in all, it's just one big hall. You can see different minerals, unfortunately, mostly no labels/descriptions in English. Personally, I prefer the anthropology museum at Jardin des planted

LOVED this gallery! I'm a geology student and I had a great time here. Got in for free as a student. The exhibit was small but the mineral and rock samples they had were spectacular. The labels are in French, if you don't speak the language. Not busy at all when I went on a Wednesday.

Ein super tolles Museum. Allein das Gebáude ist absolut sehenswert. Leider gibt es im eingangsbereich nur 2 Toiletten und sehr weniger schliessfácher, die auch noch zur hälfte kaputt und somit nicht nutzbar sind. I'm ganzen Gebáude war nur 1 Aufzug in funktion,alle weiteren waren defekt. Daher 2 Sterne abzug.unbedingt vor ab Online Tickets besorgen.

It is a decent museum and not too expensive.
The stuffed animals are a hit or miss. Some are beautifully done, some have been subjected to the artist's interpretation. As it is a good collection, it would've been nice to see the animals more grouped in a diorama type style. Now it was missing cohesion and we were out within an hour.
Good value for money tho!!

This museum was more interesting than I expected it to be. There are really big crystals and a great variety of smaller ones and lots of information on them, how they are formed etc. There’s also a section on meteorites. Not very big but definitely big enough. I went on a weekday and it wasn’t crowded. Information given was in french but worth visiting if you don’t speak French to look at the minerals and gems, some very rare.

Small free museum. Worth a visit to see some of the hilarious taxidermy attempts. Lots of stairs to enter and exit. Big variety of animals, insects and sea life.

Wonderful old provincial museum. Great to get lost among the 19th century taxidermy and some really wonderful antiquities in the history section. Closing next year, so see it while you can.

Super!! Empfehlung für Jung und Alt. Lift vorhanden. Kostenfreier Eintritt. Sehr viele Ausstellungsstücke (teilweise nicht auf English, aber nicht so schlimm). Freundliches Personal

This place is modest in comparison to some other natural history museums. There are 4 floors of exhibits which friending on the she of you children shouldn't take more than an hour and a half. They have live reptiles as well as larger taxidermied mammals and even some insects and sea creatures. There is a small library as well with some large puzzles. The major lacking element is more interactive exhibits. Very little video or auditory experiences. My favorite was probably the live ants exhibit. Definitely worth a visit but it will not take up a whole day. Luckily it's right next to a walkable area with restaurants and shops to purchase lunch or coffee after our before as this place does close down for 2 hours everyday for lunch so plan ahead! Pricing for families is reasonable. Enjoy!