The Dr Mérieux Museum of Biological Sciences is dedicated to biology and the fight against infectious diseases. It tells how women and men have learned to know the microbes, and to fight against the diseases that these microorganisms can cause, through diagnosis, vaccination and therapies.
This museum tells the story of the Mérieux, a family of pioneering scientists focused on global public health, whose history began in Lyon in 1897, then continued at Marcy l'Etoile in 1917, a small village in the West of Lyon that has become a major centre in the fight against infectious diseases.
Anchored in today’s world and looking to the future, the museum presents the major global health issues. It wants to raise awareness among all audiences, especially young people, so that they become actors of their health, by better understanding microbes and thus better fight against infectious diseases.