Muséum d'histoire naturelle d'Autun

Over het museum

The Autun Natural History Museum grew out of collections gathered at the beginning of the 19th century and later held by the Société d’histoire naturelle d’Autun, founded in 1886, which owned them before they were transferred to the town. It is named after its first curator, Jacques de La Comble, and has occupied a mansion (hôtel particulier) on Rue Saint-Antoine since 1964. The museum holds the “Musée de France” label.

Its storage holds more than 800,000 objects: taxidermied animals, including over 10,000 birds, eggs and nests and more than 100,000 insects; herbaria of more than 300,000 sheets; many minerals; and tens of thousands of fossils. The Autun basin is a world reference for a period of the Palaeozoic era, and the museum holds the world's first collection of fossiliferous nodules from the continental Carboniferous, comprising 160,000 pieces.

The permanent exhibitions occupy two floors. They present the prehistory of the Autun basin, the animal and plant fossils of the region, the industrial history linked to oil shale, coal and autunite, the first dinosaur traces in the Morvan, and the minerals of the Morvan, as well as animals from the far north. A specialised library is open to all. The main entrance is now through the garden, Impasse Rollet.

Hoogtepunten

• World's first collection of fossiliferous nodules from the continental Carboniferous
• Fossils from the Autun basin, a world reference for the Palaeozoic era
• Industrial history of oil shale and autunite
• Traces of the first dinosaurs in the Morvan
• Morvan minerals room and animals from the far north

Vaste collectie

• La flore et la faune fossiles du bassin d'Autun – Fossils of animals and plants that lived in the region 295 to 275 million years ago, as well as fossil animals from the Carboniferous of Blanzy-Montceau-Le Creusot.
• Les routes de l'énergie – History of an industry built around oil shale, coal and autunite, France's first uranium mineral.
• La préhistoire dans le bassin d'Autun – Presentation of local prehistory, from the Mousterian to the Neolithic.

Beheerder

Ville d'Autun

Bezoekers per jaar

ca. 5.131

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Also free for teachers and culture professionals working on a specific project (with proof), for donors and legatees of the museum, and for members of the Société d’histoire naturelle d’Autun.

Toegankelijkheid

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Kinderen & gezin

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Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Visitors are welcomed through the garden area, accessible via Impasse Rollet; the main entrance is no longer on Rue Saint-Antoine.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Shop with gifts in the new reception area.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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