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Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de La Rochelle


The Muséum d'histoire naturelle de La Rochelle is a natural history museum in the city of La Rochelle, France.

The museum, reopened after a major renovation in 2007, displays about 10,000 artifacts from naturalists and ethnographers since the 18th century.

Gardens of the museum

Malagasi gun seized by France in Madagascar in 1898.

A room in the museum.

Zarafa, the famous giraffe that inspired La mode à la girafe craze in 1820s France

Coordinates: 46°09′53″N 1°09′04″W / 46.1648°N 1.1511°W / 46.1648; -1.1511



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