Conservation and sustainable development at the Bordeaux Museum

Name: Conservation and sustainable development at the Bordeaux Museum
Start: 2022-09-17T11:45:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Muséum de Bordeaux - sciences et nature

The Bordeaux Museum has managed to reconcile the conservation of its incredible collections and sustainable development. Come and discover how!

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

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Free. Guided tours only upon reservation.

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©Museum de Bordeaux - sciences et nature

The Bordeaux Museum has managed to reconcile the conservation of its incredible collections and sustainable development. Come and discover how!

In 2019, the Museum reopens after a major renovation project under the updated name of Bordeaux Museum - science and nature.
New spaces, new routes, interactive and adapted devices for everyone, semi-permanent and temporary exhibitions, and much more are waiting for you!

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