Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie comparée

Apparently you can enter for free (first Sunday of the month). Otherwise book tickets online. You cannot buy tickets at the gallery. Really liked the gallery! Very well maintained and the collection is extensive. Wonderful place for nerds or people interested in this. Since my French is basic, I couldn't read/understand most of the labels and specifics of the pieces. It would have been great if some of it were in English. You may try Google Lens > Translate, but this might be tedious. No WiFi available either. The shop outside has cool merchandise but unfortunately it was shit when I visited.

Went on the first Sunday of the month for free, you can get tickets for free on the website but it’s not the easiest to navigate if you don’t speak French. Very cool museum with amazing selection of different samples. It’s so gorgeous. I only wish some more of the signage was in English.

A very interesting museum in a such an old, architecturally beautiful setting. My two kids, aged 7 and 12, were over the moon as there were so many interesting things to see. The sable tiger, the mammoth, the whales and the T-Rex skull were the highlights of their visit. Of course the content is all a bit macabre but we all loved it. However, it's mostly only in French and I would have loved to at least have the names of the animals/content in English. That being said, I would recommend this museum to anyone interested in biology and evolution.

Simply an amazing place, I was in awe during my visit. There are plenty of skeletons of different animal as well as a “wet” collection of animals and organs. On the first floor you could see “modern” animals’ skeletons (lions, rhinos, monkeys, etc.), on the second floor you would find the dinosaurs and more prehistoric animals (e.g. mammoth). There is a third floor which is more of a balcony from which the second floor can be seen which contains ancient invertebrates and plants. One thing to take note of is the lack of air flow (no ac, some vents are scattered) so it can be very hot during the summer.

This is one of the most beautiful museums one could ever visit. It was my first time seeing a dinosaur fossil and I was fascinated. This place has some truly beautiful and complete sets of these magnificent creatures. The whole experience is worth it, and I also recommend visiting with children because they would definitely enjoy it.

Very impressive collection of skeletons. I wish I had visited while still at college studying comparative anatomy. Can't recommend enough. If you're interested in evolution/anatomy or skeletal structure it's well worth a visit. You could spend hours there.

The Gallery of Paleontology & Comparative Anatomy is stunningly immersive: a grand axial “river of bones” guides your flow; the ground floor lines up like-for-like skeletons at eye level for instant comparison, while the upper floor layers specimens through deep time with striking shifts of scale. Mounting and preparation are superb—natural poses, impeccable display—and the soft daylight keeps the dense information easy to read. Minor drawback: labels are mostly in French; international visitors can use ChatGPT for quick context.

This place is beautiful with beatiful reconstruction of these animals and i personally had great time while it was hot inside i still had great time taking pictures and drawing even tho there were a lot of noise thankfully i had earphones so i dont mind and although i feel like there should be more words in english a lot of times i had to Google translate and a lot of the drawing under the fossils a lot of them are a bit outdated like the triceratops, carnotaurus a lot of them were skinwrapped and it could be better if the dinosaures had a more accurate look wich i dont mind and the people inside were very nice a lot of kids were running around wich was harder to draw but i didnt mind. i think this museum is great and should be more popular while it is mainly the only museum with fossils in paris if i am not mistaken i feel like this museum has a lot to offer like fossil plants wich i had a very fun time Reading all the small papers and information and i hope more fossils will be in this museum i feel like the dinosaures categorie is smaller than i though i was still impressed by those fossils like the iguanodon fossil and the giant ground sloth i loved everything in here and it made me learn a lot more i for sure will Come back again later this year hoping to maybe see more new stuff loved this place and my personal favorite thing about this museum is for sure the staff being nice and all the information about each fossil,plant,animal and the fossils were stunning the lightning from the windows made alot of the fossil look so much more beautiful 10/10 loved this place i was inside for atleast 2 hours