Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Nice

Over het museum

The Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Nice opened to the public in 1846 and became the city’s first municipal museum. It was first housed in the old town, on Place Saint-François, on the initiative of Antoine Risso. Jean-Baptiste Vérany built up the first major series of birds, molluscs, minerals and fossils there.

The Nice naturalist Jean-Baptiste Barla, for his part, assembled a private collection focused mainly on fish, flowering plants and fungi. In 1863, he took in the Vérany collection in his own premises, on the site of the present museum. In 1896, the building was bequeathed to the City along with the collections and the library.

The museum, which holds the “Musée de France” label, today keeps more than a million specimens in botany, zoology and geology. It has been closed for renovation since April 1, 2025, and is preparing a new permanent display, “Des profondeurs au sommet”, which presents thirteen local ecosystems. The redevelopment also provides for a new entrance hall with a shop and cloakroom, an education area for school groups and a teaching garden.

Hoogtepunten

• More than a million specimens in botany, zoology and geology
• New permanent display “Des profondeurs au sommet” on thirteen local ecosystems
• Collections online and open to all
• Guided tours, activities and lectures
• Education area and teaching garden for school groups

Vaste collectie

• Des profondeurs au sommet – New permanent display, a “naturalist promenade”, presenting thirteen local ecosystems, from the seabed to the mountain summits.

Opgericht

1846

Beheerder

Ville de Nice

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Free on proof for under-18s, students, job seekers, recipients of minimum social benefits, holders of the Carte mobilité inclusion, teachers with the Pass Éducation, tour guides, journalists, employees of the City, the Métropole and the CCAS, and members of museum friends’ associations. The Pass Musées de Nice is free for residents of the Métropole aged over 18 (valid for three years).

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 redevelopment project provides for accessibility of all spaces for people with reduced mobility.

Kinderen & gezin

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

A cycle route via Géovélo is suggested on the museum’s page.

Service & horeca

The new entrance hall is to include a reception desk, a shop and a cloakroom.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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