Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille

Over het museum

The museum was founded in 1819 in Marseille by the mayor and prefect of the time; Polydore Roux was its first curator. It was initially housed in the Chapelle des Bernardines, then moved in 1830 to a former Masonic lodge building.

In 1869 it settled permanently in the right wing of the Palais Longchamp, designed by the architect Henri-Jacques Espérandieu, which the museum shares with the Musée des Beaux-Arts. It opened to the public in August of the same year. Paintings by Jean Francis Auburtin have decorated the stair landings since 1899. Between 1974 and 1988, an aquarium occupied the ground floor. The museum received the “Musée de France” label in 2002 and celebrated its bicentenary in 2021.

The collections comprise several hundred thousand specimens: animals, plants, fossils and minerals. The galleries open to the public display African fauna as mounted specimens, the fauna and flora of Provence with frescoes by Raphaël Ponson, skeletons and skulls, and then evolution and prehistory. A permanent display, “Terre d'évolution”, runs from 2022 to the end of 2026.

Hoogtepunten

• Provence gallery with listed frescoes
• Safari gallery with mounted animal specimens
• Osteology gallery with skeletons and skulls
• Prehistory gallery on evolution
• Permanent display “Terre d'évolution” (2022 to end of 2026)
• Setting of the Palais Longchamp

Opgericht

1819

Beheerder

Ville de Marseille

Bezoekers per jaar

ca. 103.543

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Gratis toegang: Paid temporary exhibitions free on the first Sunday of each month and on the public opening day

Permanent collections are free to enter. Only paid temporary exhibitions have a charge, depending on their category; they are free on the public opening day and on the first Sunday of each month. A temporary exhibition ticket also gives access to the permanent collections. Tickets online at billetterie-musees.marseille.fr or on site by card, cash or cheque.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk: niet aanwezig
• 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 museum is listed as not accessible to visitors with reduced mobility.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Kinderwagenvriendelijk: niet aanwezig

Workshops and activities for children and their accompanying adults during school holidays (storytelling, shadow theatre, pottery, archaeology, drawing), often by reservation. Family activities: free for adults, €4 for children aged 5 to 18 (€1.50 at reduced rate), free for children under 5 when accompanied.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum occupies the right wing of the Palais Longchamp, boulevard Philippon.

Service & horeca

Strollers are not allowed in the museum galleries and can be left at the reception desk; strollers are lent against identification.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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