Musée des fossiles Victor Zaneboni
Small municipal paleontology museum: more than 1,000 fossils and rocks from the Haut-Var, including ammonites and dinosaur eggs.
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About the museum
The Tourtour fossil museum is a municipal public institution that belongs to the commune. Its collections comprise more than 1,000 objects and specimens of rocks and fossils from the Haut-Var. They were largely assembled by local scholar Victor Zaneboni (1917–1999), a shipwright by trade and a keen botanist and paleontologist, who bequeathed them to the commune.
Other gifts, donations and acquisitions have since enriched the collections. They include ammonites, belemnites, nautiluses, echinoderms, as well as vertebrate bones and eggs, including those of dinosaurs. A mammal from the Oligocene, Bachitherium, found at Céreste, is among the exhibits.
The museum also covers the major themes of natural history in Provence and the Var and holds temporary exhibitions. Besides the part open to the public, it keeps reference collections for scientific use.
Highlights
- More than 1,000 fossils and rocks from the Haut-Var
- Rich collection of ammonites
- Dinosaur eggs
- Bachitherium, an Oligocene mammal found at Céreste
- Collection bequeathed to the commune by Victor Zaneboni
Permanent exhibition
- Collections de fossiles et de roches du Haut-Var – Ammonites, belemnites, nautiluses, echinoderms, dinosaur bones and eggs, with an overview of Provençal natural history.
- Operated by
- Commune de Tourtour
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission according to the tourist office's listings.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible: not available
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
Not wheelchair-accessible according to the regional tourism listing.
Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
Public toilets; animals allowed according to the regional tourism listing.
Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | The village guided tour organized by the tourist office includes a guided visit of the museum. |
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