The Natural History Museum of Nice (

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: ''Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Nice'') is a French

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museum located in

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(1800–1865), a French

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who specialized in the study of

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s, and Jean-Baptiste Barla (1817–1896), a French

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Collections

It has extensive collections mainly from the Mediterranean region but also from

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. Currently, following the upgrading of the exhibition halls, only the museum space built at the beginning of the 20th century is open to the public and constitutes the establishment's permanent exhibition hall. Periodically, a few temporary exhibitions are scheduled at Parc Phœnix, at the Louis-Nucéra library, at the Maison de la nature in the Grande Corniche departmental park. The museum was to be relocated to a future Cité des Sciences et de la Nature, including a new building for the museum and the Phoenix Park, with an opening scheduled for 2013. The project has been postponed indefinitely.

Location

The museum's address is 60 du boulevard Risso, just behind Place Garibaldi near the MAMAC ( Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain), Nice, France.

References

External links

mhnnice.org
(in

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Collections

Location

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