musee d'histoire naturelle de nantes

Always enjoyed coming to visit, and over many years, like Topsy, this place has just grown and grown. The exhibits are fab. and the staff really kind and helpful. They always try to help you in your own language if they think you don't quite 'get it' in French. You wander around by yourself and can take as long as you like in the place. I was there last week for about 6 hours. Very well worth a visit in my view.

This museum, although fairly small, is scrupulously organised and the exhibitions are very thoughtful and packed with information, most of which is available in English as well.If you do speak French, I highly recommend going on a day when they're doing a guided tour of the museum - it isn't so much pitched at children, although the ones that were there seemed to have fun - rather it's about how the collections came about and the changing roles and philosophies of the museum (and all museums really) over the years. I liked it very much.My very favourite part though was the vivarium, which had lots of live snakes. Now that was cool!

Such a lovely, fun and educational day out with m'y 5 year old and a dad with mobility problems (wheelchair). The staff was so courteous and helpful with access. Nice collection. Kids are always sooo amazed.

Lovely little museum tucked away in a quieter part if nantes. You should have good French if you go though as all signs are in French. Lovely, helpful staff. Really nicely laid out collection and a snake room to see with live specimens!

I went to this museum with my sister, brother-in-law and their two and a half year old daughter. Access: We came to the front entrance but because I was using a wheelchair we were unable to enter the museum there. A sign directed us to a small entrance located around the corner. There we rang a bell. Someone told us, through a speaker-thingy, that we should continue on and go around the next corner (to the back of the building). There we found another big entrance and this time it was accessible for wheelchairs. We don't quite understand why we were first directed to that other weird door instead of just immediately getting directions to go to the back of the building. Would have been much simpler :)Staff: The staff at the reception were super nice. They told us right away that as a wheelchair user I could get free access for myself (I think I had to show my disability card) and for one person to assist me. It was also free for my niece so we only had to pay for 1 person. I think the fee was about 3 euros which is not much for such a nice museum :)The first hall is filled with fossils, all kinds of rocks, precious stones and other things. I'm not that interested in fossils but the stone collection was surprisingly interesting! I don't think any of us has any special interest in stones but we enjoyed looking around this room. There is also a huge whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling!It's a bit complicated to get a wheelchair between some of the floors, one has to ask the staff for assistance to get access to the elevators but it's not a problem at all. To get to the top floor was a bit funny though because we had to go through an area that was being renovated and was actually supposed to be closed to the public.Anyway, just to mention some of the best things: - There was a snake exhibition! With all kinds of live snakes, big and small! Quite impressive.- Then on the top floor was a big room with ALL kinds of stuffed real animals. Sounds a bit morbid but it was actually really cool. Some of those animals I had never seen before! There was a kind of a balcony area there which had stuffed birds but that was not accessible for wheelchair users.So, we really enjoyed our visit there. The only thing we didn't like about the place was that it wasn't really child friendly. We went there mainly because we thought it would be fun for my niece. However, she wasn't allowed to touch anything. There was a little room with some things people could touch and explore and even then it seemed like everyone was being closely watched. My niece dared to touch a big plastic statue of a small elephant in this same room and a staff member immediately told us she shouldn't touch it, it could fall over (??).When we came to a big entrance hallway to look for an elevator she ran a few steps and a staff member told us right away that there was no running! This happened twice. There was nothing there to break or mess up (it was an empty hallway) and barely any people... so it seemed so unnecessary. In the past we have enjoyed some great science and natural history museums where kids are encouraged to explore, touch, learn and have fun (my siblings and I loved those when we were kids!) but this was nothing like that! If that's what you are looking for you better go somewhere else :)

Ok pour y aller avec des enfants mais pour les adultes rien de bien surprenant. PAs de découverte majeur, comparé à d'autres muséums d'histoire naturelle, c'est pas folichon

La visite est agréable pour les enfants avec des expositions permanentes très complète. Nous avons fini par le vivarium et ses serpents ! les enfants ont adoré !

Il y a une très belle collection de roches et de minéraux pour les amateurs. Durée de la visite 1H30 à 2H00. Prix soft 3,5 euros pour un adulte.

El museo está bien armado, tiene instalaciones fijas sobre rocas metales y piedras, animales terrestres marítimos y aves. También tiene algunas salas con exposiciones temporales. No es muy grande, se puede recorrer en menos de 2hs.Para los chicos tienen varias áreas donde pueden jugar y aprender.Es recomendable pasar y ver :)

Rapport qualité/prix, c'est un petit musée qui occupe au moins deux heures de votre temps. Au rez de chaussé, une collection de pierres et de fossiles vous attend. La visite se poursuit avec un vivarium avant de monter au premier étage. Là, c'est une exposition temporaire qui vous attend avant de passer à la dernière partie du musée, celle des animaux empaillés ou alors sous leur forme squelettique. Une petite visite sympathique qui occupe un petit moment.

Redécouvert en tant qu'enseignant lors d'une formation, le musée offre plusieurs galeries étonnantes et enrichissantes dans les domaines zoologiques et géologiques : une grande galerie présentant les animaux vertébrés (moulage et animaux taxidermés) par classification phylogénétique, un étage restreint présentant la collection importante du musée en terme d'oiseaux, et une large galerie présentant les roches géologiques.En outre, le musée offre en parallèle une exposition temporaire sur un thème précis, en ce moment l'exposition "Parce queue...", ainsi qu'une galerie vivarium présentant une collection de serpent tous aussi impressionnant les uns que les autres.En famille, cela offre une belle sortie culturelle et instructive.En sortie scolaire, le musée offre plusieurs modalités de travail très intéressantes qui ont fini par me convaincre d'y inscrire ma classe dans les années à venir.

Nous y étions le premier dimanche du mois et l'entrée était gratuite !contrairement à paris les expo sont également gratuites. Bon c'est un très petit musée mais il y a malgré tout plein de chose à faire nous sommes restés quand même 2h30 /3h.

En y allant avec des enfants entre 5 et 10 ans, j'ai eu l'impression d'avoir leur âge ! Passionnant pour eux comme pour moi, dans un bâtiment superbe, les reptiles à la fin, c'est le clou du spectacle,

Très beau musée avec des animaux impressionnants comme un squelette de baleine. Belles collections de minéraux où l'on peut regarder certains échantillons dans les microscopes et voir des fragments de météorites. Vivarium toujours apprécié. Et souvent des expositions temporaires sympas.

Conheci por acaso na cidade de Nantes, mas um museu muito bonito e muito rico em conteúdo também, uma coleção muito grande de pássaros, uma ossada de baleia e um elefante, ainda exposições temporárias.