Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de La Rochelle

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Entrance gate of the museum.

A room in the museum.

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]

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Gallery[]

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  Gardens of the museum

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  Malagasi gun seized by France in Madagascar in 1898.

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  A room in the museum.

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  Zarafa, the famous giraffe that inspired La mode à la girafe craze in 1820s France

External links[]

• Official website

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Coordinates: 46°09′53″N 1°09′04″W / 46.1648°N 1.1511°W / 46.1648; -1.1511

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