The Natural History Museum of Nice (
French: ''Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Nice'') is a French
natural-history museum located in
Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard dialect, Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department in France. The Nice urban unit, agg ...
.
Origins
The museum was founded in 1846 by
Jean Baptiste Vérany (1800–1865), a French
pharmacist and
naturalist who specialized in the study of
cephalopods, and
Jean-Baptiste Barla (1817–1896), a French
botanist.
Collections
It has extensive collections mainly from the
Mediterranean region
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but also from
Africa
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, the
Indian Ocean
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and
South America
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.
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).
See also
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List of museums in France
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
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List of natural history museums
This is a list of natural history museums, also known as museums of natural history, i.e. museums whose exhibits focus on the subject of natural history, including such topics as animals, plants, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, and climatolog ...
References
External links
mhnnice.org(in
French), museum's official website
Museums established in 1846
Museums in Nice
Natural history museums in France
1846 establishments in the Kingdom of Sardinia
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