Visit of the temporary exhibition "Expedition in French Southern Lands"

Name: Visit of the temporary exhibition "Expedition in French Southern Lands"
Start: 2023-09-16T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle

Free visit of the temporary exhibition of the Museum dedicated to the fauna of the French Southern Territories: Kerguelen, Crozet, Amsterdam...

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Hichem Machouk

Free visit of the temporary exhibition of the Museum dedicated to the fauna of the French Southern Lands: Kerguelen, Crozet, Amsterdam... This exhibition, created by the Museum of Tours, highlights the French southern islands.
Largely unknown to the general public, these French possessions located in the southern hemisphere conceal many naturalistic secrets.
Thus, it is a real journey that allows you to discover the fauna (birds and marine mammals) so specific of these overseas territories located south of the Indian Ocean.
Models, photos, educational workshops, videos and naturalized animals allow visitors to better know these islands at the end of the world.
This exhibition is based on the work of the Touraine photographer Hichem Machouk and in partnership with the Prefecture of French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF).

About the location

Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle

3, rue du Président-Merville 37000 Tours

Indre-et-Loire
Centre-Val de Loire

In 1940, the Natural History Museum of Tours, which was created at the end of the 18th century, was completely destroyed by the bombing of buildings and collections. In the 1980s, the City of Tours decided to acquire a house of character located in the old Towers, the former presidium of the city, offering 1000 m2 distributed over four levels, to install its new museum. The first exhibition was opened to the public at the end of 1989\. In 2003, this municipal establishment was labeled Musée de France by the Ministry of Culture. The museum was designed around the theme of water, evoked thanks to the colors (declination of greens and blues) and the shapes of the furniture.