Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de La Rochelle

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The Muséum d'histoire naturelle de La Rochelle is a natural history museum located in the city of La Rochelle, France.

The museum was reopened after a major renovation in 2007. It displays about 10,000 artifacts from naturalists and ethnographers since the 18th century.^[1]

Notes

^ Official website

Gallery

Gardens of the museum
Malagasi gun seized by France in Madagascar in 1898.
A room in the museum.
Zarafa, the famous giraffe that inspired La mode à la girafe craze in 1820s France