The Museum d’Histoire Naturelle Aix en Provence is a

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Aix en Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix (Old Occitan, medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a List of communes in France with ov ...

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Building

Up to 2014, the museum was accommodated in the Hôtel Boyer d'Eguilles in the city of Aix. For the time being, the collections have been brought to different sites and are not accessible to the public with the exception of pedagogic activities. It is planned to re-open the museum in 2019–2020 in a house in the Saint-Mitre Park.

Collection

The museum contains the collections of: * Louis Charles Joseph Gaston de Saporta(1823–1895) *

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(1774–1845). *

Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (; 23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French explorer and naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica. As a botanist and cartographer, he gave his nam ...

(1790–1842) *

Henri Coquand Henri Coquand (1813, in Aix-en-Provence – 1881, in Marseille) was a French geologist and paleontologist. In 1841 he obtained his doctorate in sciences in Paris, and later served as a professor of geology at the University of Besançon, Poitie ...

(1813–1881) *

Eugénie Louise Valentine Rostan-d'Abancourt Eugénie is the French version of the female given name Eugenia. Eugénie or Eugenie may refer to: People * Eugénie de Montijo (1826–1920), 9th Countess de Teba; later Empress Eugénie, Empress Consort to Napoléon III * * Princess Eugenie ...

(1848–1903) *

Philippe Félix Sextius Aude Philippe is a masculine sometimes feminin given name, cognate to Philip. It may refer to: * Philippe of Belgium (born 1960), King of the Belgians (2013–present) * Philippe (footballer) (born 2000), Brazilian footballer * Prince Philippe, Coun ...

(1836–1912) * Raymond Paul Dughi (1898–1977) * Ernest Gustave Gobert (1879–1973)

External links

Official Website

References

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