Temporary closure

Saturday 24 October

At the request of the Paris Police Prefecture, the Jardin des Plantes, the Menagerie (Jardin des Plantes Zoo), the Grandes Serres and the Gallery of Geology and Mineralogy will be closed to the public on Saturday 24 October 2026.
The Grande Galerie de l’Évolution and the Research Library will remain open to the public during their usual opening hours.
Screenings as part of the Pariscience Festival will go ahead as planned.

Access:

  • Grande Galerie de l’Évolution: 36 rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
  • Central Library: 38 rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
  • Pariscience Festival: Verniquet Amphitheatre: 47 rue Cuvier
INFORMATION

The Galerie de Paléontologie et d'Anatomie comparée is temporarily closed for renovation work.

Due to high visitor numbers at the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution during the All Saints’ Day holidays, online booking of admission tickets is currently compulsory.

Musée de l’Homme Library

Open Monday to Friday

Enjoy an exceptional collection of documents at the Yvonne Oddon Library, which bears the name of a visionary librarian, a great figure of the Resistance and co-founder of the famous Musée de l’Homme.

The reading room is used by researchers and students, but also welcomes simple enthusiasts. Do not hesitate to come and consult the 11,000 freely accessible references, from a collection of some 35,000 books and 800 journal titles, of which a hundred are still published.

The library of the Musée de l'Homme, a member of the Museum's documentary network, allows you to explore a documentary collection of excellence in prehistory, biological anthropology and, more recently, in ethno-ecology. In addition, there are collections dedicated to museology, political ecology and food. You are spoilt for choice!

Access the library's document portal

Bibliothèque du Musée de l'Homme

 © MNHN - A. Iatzoura

Bibliothèque du Musée de l'Homme

 © MNHN - J.-C. Domenech
Address & contact

Musée de l'Homme
17 Place du Trocadéro
75116 Paris