Live or otherwise, rare or common, the natural history specimens stored in the various collections of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle are all unique and contain precious information to help us understand Planet Earth and all life on it.
Why do we have collections?
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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,...