Make a bequest or donation

By making a bequest or donation to the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, you can join forces with a multi-secular institution and support its actions in favour of the natural world.

You can also make a bequest or donation to the Muséum pour la Planète Endowment Fund. Making a bequest or donation to the Muséum’s endowment fund guarantees a long-lasting impact for your donation, since the capital is maintained and its impact enhanced by using only the interest it generates.

Thus, by making a bequest or donation to the Muséum’s endowment fund, you act sustainably for future generations.

Your bequest or donation will help to act in favour of:

• research, notably on biodiversity;
• safeguarding critically endangered and endangered animal and plant species;
• developing the Muséum’s gardens (Jardin des Plantes, Versailles-Chèvreloup Arboretum, Val Rahmeh-Menton botanical gardens, etc.);
• preserving the Muséum’s exceptional natural history collections;
• preserving its historical buildings;
• raising awareness among the general public of the diversity and future of our Planet.

The Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle and the Muséum pour la Planète endowment fund are both authorised to receive bequests and donations and are exempt from all inheritance and transfer duties. By making a bequest to the Muséum or its endowment fund, you can give life to your commitment to help nature and act to preserve biodiversity for future generations.

Bequests

A legacy or bequest enables all or part of your assets, or a particular object, to be passed on after your death. To do so, you must make a will naming the Muséum or its endowment fund as the legatee. You can do this yourself or consult a solicitor to draft it directly or simply record it.

Donations

A donation is a legal act whereby the donor makes a gift of movable, immovable or financial property during his or her lifetime to a donee who accepts it. You can make a donation of any value to the Museum or its Muséum pour la Planète endowment fund at any time. Donations of collection items to the Museum are subject to compliance with the acquisition procedure in force.

Life insurance

Life insurance is a contract you take out with a bank or insurer to save and gradually build up capital. You can designate the Muséum or the Muséum pour la Planète Endowment Fund as the beneficiary of your life insurance policy in the event of your death, either when you open the policy or at a later date.

The Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle is a partner of the Testament Solidaire collective campaign.

To find out more

Do you have any questions? Please do not hesitate to contact us by telephone, post or email. The Patronage team will be happy to help you set up your bequest, donation or life insurance.

Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle
Service Mécénat
57, rue Cuvier
75005 Paris

+33 1 40 79 48 59
legs [@] mnhn.fr