MUSEUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE

Practical information

MUSEUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE - JARDIN DES PLANTES

57, rue Cuvier

75005

PARIS

Metro :

Gare d'Austerlitz

RER :

Gare d'Austerlitz

Bus :

24 - 57 - 61 - 63 - 65 - 67 - 89 - 91

www.mnhn.fr

Access for persons with limited mobility

Tourisme & Handicap label

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Current events :

Paris City Passport Partner

Park-garden-walk

National

In the Plant Garden, you can admire very old tree species : the Robinia false acacia, planted in 1636, the Ginkgo Biloba, around 150 yrs old, (this tree already existed in its present form) over 125 million years ago at the time of the dinosaurs)and the Sophora du Japon sent as a seed to Bernard de Jussieu and labelled as an "unknown Chinese tree" by a Jesuit naturalist living in China. It was planted in 1747 and flowered for the first time thirty years later.

Others informations

List of collections :

Animals, Anthropology, Fossils, Sciences, Ethnography, Geology, Everyday items, Stuffed animals, Evolution, Insects, Green plants, Minerals, Oceanography, Prehistory

Opening days and times

Open/Closed :

Winter garden: closed for renovation - reopening to the public in 2007. Mexican hot house: closed for renovation - reopening expected in 2007

:

Jardin des plantes : everyday 8am-7.30pm .

Days of week :

Open on those public holidays :

Individual tours

Independant tour :

Le jardin alpin : weekends and public holidays : 1€ - reduced tariff: 0.5 €.

Free :

Free admission : Jardin des Plantes, jardin d'iris et vivaces, école de botanique Le jardin alpin : free admission from Monday to Friday

Free for children.

Services

Other services :

Museum & Monuments pass		Child minding		Animals welcome
Bookshop

Miscellaneous :

The collections can be seen in the three galeries(Grande galerie de l'Evolution, Galerie de Minéralogie, Galerie de Paléontologie et d'Anatomie Comparée)in the "Ménagerie" and in the botanical garden