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| French: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Nice | |
  Location within Nice | |
| Established | 1846 |
|---|---|
| Location | 60 du boulevard Risso, Place Garibaldi Nice, France |
| Coordinates | 43°42′06″N 7°16′46″E / 43.701667°N 7.279444°E / 43.701667; 7.279444 |
| Type | Natural-history museum |
| Website | mhnnice.org (in French) |
The Natural History Museum of Nice (French: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Nice) is a French natural-history museum located in Nice.
Origins
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The museum was founded in 1846 by Jean Baptiste Vérany (1800–1865), a French pharmacist and naturalist who specialized in the study of cephalopods, and Jean-Baptiste Barla (1817–1896), a French botanist.
Collections
It has extensive collections mainly from the Mediterranean region but also from Africa, the Indian Ocean and South America.
Currently, following the upgrading of the exhibition halls, only the museum space built at the beginning of the 20th century is open to the public and constitutes the establishment's permanent exhibition hall. Periodically, a few temporary exhibitions are scheduled at Parc Phœnix, at the Louis-Nucéra library, at the Maison de la nature in the Grande Corniche departmental park. The museum was to be relocated to a future Cité des Sciences et de la Nature, including a new building for the museum and the Phoenix Park, with an opening scheduled for 2013. The project has been postponed indefinitely.
Location
The museum's address is 60 du boulevard Risso, just behind Place Garibaldi near the MAMAC ( Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain), Nice, France.
See also
References
- "Museum of Natural History". www.nice-tourism.com. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- Conseil municipal de la Ville de Nice du 12 mai 2006
- "Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice MHNN". Archived from the original on 2022-08-09.
- "Museum d'Histoire Naturelle - Ville de Nice". www.nice.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-16.
External links
- mhnnice.org (in French), museum's official website
43°42′06″N 7°16′46″E / 43.70167°N 7.27944°E / 43.70167; 7.27944
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