Naturmusée
Natural history museum in the Grund district with a permanent exhibition on evolution and biodiversity, gardens and a fully vegetarian café.
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About the museum
The Musée national d’histoire naturelle, known for short as the Naturmusée, is Luxembourg’s state natural history museum. It is located in the Grund district on Rue Münster, near the Neumünster Abbey; the museum’s scientific research centre is also on Rue Münster (No. 24). Alongside the exhibition galleries, the museum conducts research in palaeontology, zoology, botany, mineralogy and geology, and holds extensive scientific collections, including animals, plants, fungi and lichens, minerals, rocks, fossils, meteorites and tektites, as well as DNA and tissue samples.
The permanent exhibition traces the history of life, from its origins to today’s diversity. One room presents biodiversity as the “library of the living”, with taxidermied animals from around the world and from Luxembourg’s forests, meadows, fields and towns. The evolution section covers drifting continents, fossils as witnesses to past life forms, and the Loschbour Man, the oldest known Luxembourger.
The museum’s gardens in the Grund are open during opening hours and promote local plant diversity. The small garden “Ënner dem Kiischtebam” belonged to the church until 2021, has been used by the museum since 2010 and was redesigned in 2024; a research trial garden is not open to the public. In summer, workshops on the animals and plants of the region are held there.
Highlights
- Permanent exhibition on the history of life, with evolution and biodiversity
- The Loschbour Man, the oldest known Luxembourger
- Room of specimens from around the world, the “library of the living”
- Gardens in the Grund, including the garden “Ënner dem Kiischtebam”
- Free admission on Tuesdays from 17:30, with evening events
Permanent exhibition
- Geschichte des Lebens – Evolution und Biodiversität – The permanent exhibition shows the development of life from its origins to today’s species diversity, with fossils, a room full of taxidermied animals and Luxembourg’s native species.
- Founded
- 1850
- Operated by
- Staat Luxemburg (Musée national d’histoire naturelle)
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €7 |
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| Reduced | €5Groups of 10 or more people |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 20 · Children and young people under 21 enter free. |
| Visitors with disabilities | freecompanion free · People with disabilities or reduced mobility and their companion enter free. |
| Students & apprentices | freeStudents up to age 26 enter free. |
| Groups (10+ people) | €5 per personPer person for groups of 10 or more. Guided tours for groups on request: 1 hour €50, 2 hours €80, 3 hours €100, 6 hours €140 per group (maximum 25 people), plus €5 per participant. Registration is required for group and school tours. |
Free admission: Tuesdays from 17:30 (Nocturnes)
Free admission also for members of the Frënn vum Naturmusée, with an ICOM card, the Luxembourg Card and the Kulturpass.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible: no information
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
Animals are not allowed, except assistance dogs and guide dogs for the blind (with proof). Taxidermied animals must not be touched, including by visitors with visual impairments. A lift leads down to the Grund from the Plateau du Saint-Esprit.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 20 |
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- Family tours & workshops
School classes: activities in the museum and its surroundings (about 2 hours) for primary and secondary levels. The Panda Club offers free leisure activities for children aged 6 to 10; the magazine “De Panewippchen” (in Luxembourgish, four issues a year) is aimed at 6- to 12-year-olds. The museum’s slide is an educational work of art (for children 1 m tall and up, one child at a time).
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Stadgronn, Bréck
On foot from the railway station, about 15 minutes. AVL bus line 23, Stadgronn, Bréck stop; AVL lines 14 and 15, Rumm stop (go down Rue de Trèves and turn right). The lift from the Plateau du Saint-Esprit (Cité judiciaire) leads down to the Grund. Coaches do not have access to Rue Münster; they stop in front of the cathedral (Boulevard Roosevelt) or at the Rue de Trèves / Rue de la Tour Jacob junction in Clausen.
By car
No on-site parking at the museum.
There is no parking in the district; the underground car park on the Plateau du Saint-Esprit is connected to the Grund by lift (5 minutes on foot).
Amenities & dining
- Café
- Museum shop
- Coat check
- Lockers
Café offering a fully vegetarian menu made with regional, organic and Fair Trade products, with a daily lunch special; closed on Mondays. Shop with books and souvenirs, accessible through the main entrance even without a ticket. Unattended cloakroom and lockable lockers at the entrance.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Audio guide | yes |
| School programs | yes |
| Photography | Commercial photography requires the written permission of the museum’s management. Individual exhibits and temporary exhibitions may not be photographed (marked on site). Other visitors may only be photographed with their consent. |
| Good to know | Audio guides are available at reception against deposit of an ID. Registration with the mediation service is required for groups and school classes (mediation@mnhn.lu, +352 46 22 40 312). Large backpacks, luggage and double strollers that do not fold are not permitted in the museum; nor are scooters and skateboards. |
