Paris's Museum is Just Too Cool 🦕
Museum enthusiasts, rejoice! 🎉 Those familiar with Paris know just how enjoyable its museums are! Today, let's introduce you to France's National Museum of Natural History, an incredibly cool museum that's worth adding to your must-visit list! 🦕 French National Museum of Natural History 📖 About the Museum: 🔹 The main museum with four galleries is located in Paris, France, and the museum now has 14 sites across the country. 🔹 Most of the museum's modern collections are housed in five galleries at the Botanical Garden: the Gallery of Evolution; the Gallery of Mineralogy and Geology; the Gallery of Botany; the Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy, and the Entomology Laboratory. 🔹 The largest and most famous gallery is the Grande Galerie de l'Évolution, located at the end of the central alley, on a central platform featuring a full-size parade of African mammals, which is incredibly striking! 🔹 The Gallery of Mineralogy spans the formal garden and contains over 600,000 stones and fossils. It is famous for its vast collection of crystals. There are also three Florentine marble mosaic tables from the Palace of Cardinal Mazarin, as well as numerous meteorites from around the world. 🔹 The Gallery of Botany faces the center of the garden, and the main content of the gallery is the Herbier National, a collection representing 7.5 million plants collected since the museum's inception. 🔹 The Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy is adorned with sculptures on both sides, and the dinosaur gallery is incredibly impressive, featuring not only dinosaur skeletons but also those of whales and mammoths, among other large animals! 🔹 The Botanical Garden contains 3,800 species of plants, and it's even home to animals like flamingos and leopards. #APlaceWorth #WeekendGetaways #ParisMuseums #Museums #MustVisitMuseums #Paris #ParisLife