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Musée Requien
Museum Requien (and not Musée Requien) is a natural history museum in Avignon, France. Some of Jean Henri Fabre's work is displayed here. Muséum Requien is named in honor of French naturalist Esprit Requien (6 May 1788, Avignon – 30 May 1851, Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud). History The Muséum Requien was founded by Esprit Requien in 1840 as a cabinet of curiosities Cabinets of curiosities ( and ), also known as wonder-rooms ( ), were encyclopedic collections of objects whose categorical boundaries were, in Renaissance Europe, yet to be defined. Although more rudimentary collections had preceded them, t .... Esprit Requien, botanist, paleontologist, malacologist and naturalist from Avignon, was born on May 6, 1788, in a very modest residence, near the rue des Lices in Avignon. He died on May 30, 1851, in Bonifacio. He became administrator of the Calvet museum in 1849. An enlightened collector, he had already bequeathed his funds nine years earlier. The collections ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natural History Museum
A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history scientific collection, collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, Fungus, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, climatology, and more. History The primary role of a natural history museum is to provide the scientific community with current and historical specimens for their research, which is to improve our understanding of the natural world. Some museums have public exhibits to share the beauty and wonder of the natural world with the public; these are referred to as 'public museums'. Some museums feature non-natural history collections in addition to their primary collections, such as ones related to history, art, and science. Renaissance Cabinet of curiosities, cabinets of curiosities were private collections that typically included exotic specimens of national history, sometimes faked, along with other types of object. The first nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |