The Nantes Natural History Museum

Housed in a superb 19th-century neo-classical building in the heart of Nantes, the Natural History Museum offers varied and eclectic collections of interest to all ages.

Visit the Nantes Natural History Museum

During your visit to the Nantes Natural History Museum, you can discover a number of different areas and collections:

• A zoology gallery with over 1,000 vertebrate animal specimens
• An Earth and Universe Sciences gallery, with fossils and minerals collected since the 19th century
• A vivarium specialising in snakes and lizards
• A malacology collection with over 5,000 gastropod shells
• Botanical collections featuring 300,000 herbarium plates and 6,000 cuttings.

The Nantes Natural History Museum also has a scientific library and a media library. Temporary exhibitions are also held throughout the year.

Are you visiting the museum with your family? Numerous workshops and events are available for children and teenagers.

📍 12 rue Voltaire, Nantes
⏰ September to June: open every day except Tuesday from 10am to 6pm. July and August: every day from 10am to 7pm.
💶 Full rate: €5, reduced rate: €2, free for under-18s.
💻 https://museum.nantesmetropole.fr

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• Comfort room (16m2) with one double bed or two single beds
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