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1 and 2 JunePassed
Conditions
Free
June 2024
Saturday 1
14:00 - 17:30
Sunday 2
10:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 17:30

Musée de Préhistoire d'Île-de-France

48 avenue Étienne Dailly 77140 Nemours
  • Seine-et-Marne
  • Île-de-France

Discovery of the inner gardens

Leaning against the natural slope of the land, the museum is set in a forest with various species (pine, oak, birch, charms, hazel, acacia, etc.) and dotted with sandstone chaos. This site …
1 and 2 JunePassed
Conditions
Free
© Yvan Bourhis CD77

Leaning against the natural slope of the land, the museum is set in a forest with various species (pine, oak, birch, charms, hazel, acacia, etc.) and dotted with sandstone chaos. This picturesque natural site belongs to the forest of Nemours-Poligny which itself is a southern extension of the forest of Fontainebleau. Completed in 1980, the rough concrete and glass building is the work of architect and urban planner Roland Simounet. The museum tour is chronological. The rooms, distributed around patios-gardens presenting the flora of the different periods of Prehistory, are largely open to the outside by large windows.

Types of events
Free visit
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Conditions for participation
Free entrance
Type of audience
General public

About the location

Musée de Préhistoire d'Île-de-France
48 avenue Étienne Dailly 77140 Nemours
  • Seine-et-Marne
  • Île-de-France
The Musée départemental de Préhistoire d'Île-de-France, designed by architect Roland Simounet, is located in Nemours, in the heart of a picturesque forest that houses several prehistoric sites. It retraces the major stages of Prehistory and Protohistory of the whole of the Île-de-France, from the first vestiges attesting to the presence of Man (around – 600,000 years old) at the end of the Gaulish period.
Tags
Musée de France, Contemporary garden
Access
The museum is opened every day, except Wednesday morning and Saturday morning, from 10 h till 12 h 30 and from 14 h till 17 h 30 and till 18 h in July and August.