Museum des sciences naturelles - Hôtel Demarie Valentin
43, rue Jules Guitton, Angers, 49100
- Maine-et-Loire
- Pays de la Loire
PROPERTY: Commune This mansion, from the beginning of the nineteenth occupies the site of the former church of Saint-Michel-du-Tertre, collapsed in 1796; Sold in 1805 to Demarie and resold in 1810\. The museum is housed in two separate original buildings connected by a garden. The zoology collections, open to the public, occupy the upper part, around the rotunda courtyard. The palaeontology collections are exhibited in the former Town Hall which includes beautiful woodwork and a door carved by the father of David d'Angers.
Tags
Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir, Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire, Musée de France, Monument historique, Site patrimonial remarquable
Access
Parking (extra charge) Bus (N°2, 3, 5, 6, 9.) Train station served (TGV station in Angers, from Paris 1h30, from Nantes 30mn)
Ville d'Angers - Frédéric Chobard