Musée de sciences biologiques Dr Mérieux
Museum in Marcy-l’Étoile on the history of biology, microbes and the fight against infectious diseases, up to vaccination.
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Over het museum
The museum is located in Marcy-l’Étoile, within the Metropole of Lyon, the village where Marcel Mérieux set up his first laboratories in 1917. Over time these produced sera, vaccines and later diagnostic tests distributed worldwide. The museum has been open since 2007 and is run by an association.
The permanent route shows how, from antiquity to the present day, scientists gradually came to understand the mechanisms of infectious diseases: Hippocrates, the beginnings of microbiology with Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch, the invention of the microscope and then the electron microscope, zoonoses and the history of vaccination, up to recent innovations. The horse serves as a common thread, as for a long time it supplied sera against infectious diseases.
The museum welcomes individual visitors, families, school groups and adult groups, offers workshops for children, and complements the visit with urban walks in Lyon on the theme of health.
Hoogtepunten
- Route from antiquity to the present day on infectious diseases
- Light and electron microscopes to handle
- History of Marcel Mérieux and the Institut Mérieux in Marcy-l’Étoile
- The horse, the museum’s common thread and source of sera
- History of vaccination
Vaste collectie
- Parcours permanent : la grande épopée de la biologie – A journey across centuries and continents tracing the microbes and the scientists who discovered them, and then the strategies developed to protect against infectious diseases.
- Opgericht
- 2007
- Beheerder
- Association du musée (loi de 1901)
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
| Volwassenen | € 6 |
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| Met korting | € 3Large families, job seekers, visitors with disabilities, young people aged 12 to 18, students |
| Kinderen & jongeren | gratisgratis t/m 12 jaar · Free up to age 12; reduced rate from 12 to 18. |
| Mensen met een beperking | € 3 |
| Studenten | € 3 |
| Groepen | –Group visit with a programme set in advance: €150 per group, 20 people maximum. |
| Temporary exhibition only, full price | € 3 |
| Temporary exhibition only, reduced rate | € 1,50 |
| Group visit with a set programme (flat rate, 20 people maximum) | € 150 |
| Lab’anniversaire (group of up to 10 children aged 6 to 11) | € 1001 hour of workshop and 1 hour of snack time, snack not provided |
The self-guided visit ticket gives access to the permanent route and the temporary exhibition. The Lyon City Card is accepted. Payment in cash, by bank card or by cheque.
Toegankelijkheid
- Rolstoeltoegankelijk
- Lift: geen informatie
- Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
- Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
- Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
- Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
- Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
- Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
- Audiodescriptie: geen informatie
The museum is accessible to visitors with reduced mobility; one parking space is reserved for them.
Kinderen & gezin
Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen
| Toegang kinderen | gratis t/m 12 jaar |
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- Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
- Doe- en voelstations
- Kinderfeestjes
Handling light and electron microscopes, seeding a Petri dish, workshops for ages 6 to 10 (1 hour) and “Lab’anniversaire” birthday parties in the museum’s laboratory for ages 6 to 11.
Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
Met het openbaar vervoer
Campus de l'Étoile
TCL bus 98 or 98E (stop “Campus de l’Étoile”); bus C203 (stop “Marcy-Parc de Lacroix-Laval”).
Met de auto
Parkeerplaats aanwezig
Pedestrian access and car park for buses and cars via Avenue des Alpes, 69280 Marcy-l’Étoile.
- Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
Deliveries are made to 309 Avenue Jean Colomb.
Route plannenService & horeca
- Café: niet aanwezig
- Restaurant: niet aanwezig
No café and no picnic room. The Domaine de Lacroix-Laval, a 5-minute walk away, has picnic areas and a covered barn for bad weather.
Evenementen & zaalverhuur
- Ruimtes te huur
- Zakelijke evenementen
Tot 40 personen.
Meetings and events for associations or work teams, up to 40 people: permanent route with an optional guided tour, meeting room with video projector, flexible workshop room and reception area for a cocktail. Requests at least three weeks in advance.
Aanvragen & detailsJe bezoek plannen
| Rondleidingen | ja |
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| Aanbod voor scholen | ja |
| Goed om te weten | Routes for adult groups (20 people maximum, booking at least three weeks in advance) and urban walks on medicine in Lyon. Workshops for schools by booking at least four weeks in advance. |
