Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Bayonne
Municipal natural history museum on the Ansot plain with free entry, devoted to the wetlands of the Barthes de la Nive and the biodiversity of the western Pyrenees.
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Over het museum
The Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Bayonne is the city's oldest museum. It was founded around 1856 thanks to the donation of the collection of the pharmacist and naturalist Ulysse Darracq, who was its first curator. A fire at the town hall on January 1, 1890, destroyed a large part of the collections.
The museum then moved several times, notably to the girls' school on the Mail Chaho-Pelletier and to the Château Lauga, and remained closed to the public for almost sixty years. It reopened in June 2010 in new premises in the heart of the Ansot plain, along the Nive. It has held the Musée de France label since 2003.
The collections number around 35,000 items, mostly molluscs, but also birds, herbaria, fossils, rocks and mammals. The museum presents itself as the only one in France located in the middle of a sensitive natural area (espace naturel sensible): it serves both as a museum and as an interpretation centre for the surrounding wetlands.
Hoogtepunten
- Permanent exhibition on the Barthes de la Nive and the biodiversity of the Pyrénées océanes
- The only museum in France set in the heart of a natural area
- Collections of around 35,000 items (molluscs, birds, herbaria, fossils)
- Free entry, free nature activities by registration
- Walks around the museum in the Ansot plain
Vaste collectie
- Exposition permanente : barthes de la Nive et Pyrénées océanes – Trail in three parts: understanding a wetland, the fauna and flora of the Barthes de la Nive, and then the biodiversity of the Pyrénées océanes.
- Opgericht
- 1856
- Beheerder
- Ville de Bayonne
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
De toegang is gratis.
| Kinderen & jongeren | –Free entry for everyone. |
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Entry to the museum, the Maison des barthes and the Ansot plain is free. Activities and guided tours are also free, but registration is generally required.
Toegankelijkheid
- Rolstoeltoegankelijk: geen informatie
- Lift: geen informatie
- Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
- Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
- Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
- Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
- Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
- Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
- Audiodescriptie: geen informatie
The 1.5 km path to the Maison des barthes and the museum is accessible to people with reduced mobility, but presents difficulties: part of it is concrete, the other part is compacted earth and gravel.
Kinderen & gezin
Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.
Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
Met het openbaar vervoer
Lauga ou Hôpital
Bus to the Lauga or Hôpital stops, then on foot via the Pont Blanc.
Met de auto
Parkeerplaats aanwezig
La Floride car park, Avenue Raoul Follereau, from which you walk over the Pont Blanc.
The Ansot plain is closed to motor vehicles. Access is on foot or by bike via the Pont Blanc, which crosses the Nive; from the Pont Blanc it is about a 15-minute walk to the museum. Bike hire is available at the covered car park Tour de Sault.
Route plannenService & horeca
Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.
Evenementen & zaalverhuur
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Je bezoek plannen
| Rondleidingen | ja |
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| Aanbod voor scholen | ja |
| Goed om te weten | The museum offers guided tours of the permanent and temporary exhibitions, scientific workshops, lectures and nature outings. Registration is by phone, by email or at the reception of the Maison des barthes, at the latest 24 hours in advance. An educational offer exists for schools. |
