Discovering the Aquitaine coast

Name: Al descubrimiento del litoral aquitano
Start: 2024-09-21T10:30:00+02:00
End: 2024-09-22T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Muséum de Bordeaux - sciences et nature

On the occasion of the national theme 2024 «maritime heritage», the museum of Bordeaux highlights its semi-permanent exhibition «Aquitaine coast».

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On the occasion of the national theme 2024 «maritime heritage», the museum of Bordeaux highlights its semi-permanent exhibition «Aquitaine coast». Take advantage of your visit to discover or rediscover this museum space with rich regional ecosystems. You can exchange with the mediators, and go in search of 4 famous poems celebrating marine species.
Sensory discoveries in the animation room:
Through several activities, come touch and feel the coastline! Animators and scientific animators will welcome you to guide your steps to the discovery of species and characteristics specific to this natural space. Also, simply take a break around a «Who is it?» or a «Memory of shells».

About the location

Muséum de Bordeaux - sciences et nature

5 place Bardineau, 33000 Bordeaux

Gironde
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Founded in 1791, the Bordeaux Natural History Office is one of the oldest public collections in France. It first takes place on the aisles of Tourny in the former hotel of the Academy which it shares with the gallery of paintings, the lapidary museum, the library, the school of fine arts and an observatory. It was opened to the public in 1811.
In 1857, the Hotel de Lisleferme, built in 1780 on the edge of the Public Garden, was acquired by the municipality. The building has been extensively transformed and refurbished. At the end of 1862, the collections were transferred and the new establishment was renamed the Natural History Museum. The collections are presented according to the objective set by the scientists: to describe, name and classify nature, the living as the mineral world.
The expanded and renovated museum of the 21st century aims to show how our gaze on nature has evolved, from yesterday to today, how the acquisition of new knowledge can challenge our representations. To d