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Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle (Museum of Natural History)
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This museum in the Jardin des Plantes, founded in 1635 as a research center by Guy de la Brosse, physician to Louis XIII, has a range of science and nature exhibits. The museum's Grande Gallery of Evolution recently received a $90 million restoration. At the entrance, a 26m (85-ft.) skeleton of a whale greets you. One display containing the skeletons of dinosaurs and mastodons is dedicated to endangered and vanished species, and there are galleries specializing in paleontology, anatomy, mineralogy, and botany. Within the museum's grounds are tropical hothouses containing thousands of species of unusual plant life and a menagerie with small animals in simulated natural habitats.
57 rue Cuvier, 5e.Phone: 01-40-79-30-00.Open: Apr-Sept Wed-Mon 10am-6pm; Oct-Mar Wed-Mon 10am-5pm.Admission 6.50€ adults, 5€ students/seniors (over 60)/kids 4-16.Métro: Jussieu or Gare d'Austerlitz.
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