Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de La Rochelle

The Muséum d'histoire naturelle de La Rochelle is a natural history museum located in the city of La Rochelle, France.

Entrance gate of the museum.
A room in the museum.

The museum was reopened after a major renovation in 2007. It displays about 10,000 artifacts from naturalists and ethnographers since the 18th century.[1]

Notes
  1. Official website
  • Gardens of the museum
  • Malagasi gun seized by France in Madagascar in 1898.
  • A room in the museum.
  • Zarafa, the famous giraffe that inspired La mode à la girafe craze in 1820s France
gollark: ***AND*** they hatch on time!
gollark: Stupid pesky zyus...
gollark: (same drop too)
gollark: Missed a paper and aeon in the same biome!
gollark: Does anyone know, really?



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