Every year, the National Museum of Natural History takes part in European Heritage Days to promote our natural heritage from fauna to flora. This year, libraries are given pride of place and invite you on September 21 and 22, 2019 to discover a lovely program echoing the “Océan” exhibition.

European Heritage Days 2019 at the National Museum of Natural History:

• Get introduced to the Japanese art of gyotaku (workshop)
  Create a gyotaku, a fish print on paper, using a method that used to be used by Japanese fishermen and now used by artisans. Print the fishes observed during the great expeditions of the Museum, based on castings. Discover the ichthyology collections and works by Japanese artist Boshu Naga kept at the Museum.
  Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to noon and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
  Starting from 6 years old
  Free access
  
  
• Seaweeds, a garden under the sea (discovery-tour)
  Botanists also collect plants under the sea. From the multimedia library to the Botanic Library, discover the precious collections of the Herbarium and the libraries to discover the world of seaweeds.
  Saturday and Sunday from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
  Starting from 12 years old
  Free access
  
  
• Sculpted bestiary at the Jardin des Plantes (discovery-tour)
  This tour invites you to discover the bronze and stone bestiary adorning the paths of the Jardin des Plantes. In this open-air museum, bears, lions or hippopotamuses show about a century and a half of animal sculpture.
  Saturday September 21 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
  Starting from 12 years old
  Free access

For these discoveries, meet in the main library lobby. Note that the Grande Galerie de l’Evolution remains charged!

European Heritage Days 2019 Program in Paris and the Ile-de-France Region:

• European Heritage Days 2019 in Paris (75)
• European Heritage Days 2019 in Seine-et-Marne (77)
• European Heritage Days 2019 in Yvelines (78)
• European Heritage Days 2019 in Essonne (91)
• European Heritage Days 2019 in Hauts-de-Seine (92)
• European Heritage Days 2019 in Seine-Saint-Denis (93)
• European Heritage Days 2019 in Val de Marne (94)
• European Heritage Days 2019 in Val d’Oise (95)

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