Collections
Veritable archives of the Earth, the Muséum’s collections are among the richest in the world, alongside those of the British Museum in London and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. Coming soon to this section: a selection of the most remarkable objects.
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Synthesys
As part of an initiative by the Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (the CETAF), the...
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Leonardo
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e-ReColNat Botanical Network
The French herbarium network consists of national, university, municipal and community-based...
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The Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle databases
The Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle holds around 66,785,000 collection items, including...
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Other scientific databases
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How long have the collections existed?
Having acted as repositories of natural diversity for over 350 years, the Muséum’s collections...
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Who are the collections for?
The Muséum is open to all. Scientists, students, schoolchildren and lovers of nature have...
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What are the collections for?
Many reasons: the objects in the naturalist collections offer everyone the chance to discover...
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Unique collections
Our heritage is fragile. It is a cultural asset that helps us to pass on the memory of nature,...