Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie comparée

Natural history museum · Jardin des Plantes

Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie comparée

Natural history museum · Jardin des Plantes

2 Rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France

Highlights

Explore a whimsical trove of dinosaur fossils and 650 skeletons amid elegant, airy Belle Époque galleries in the heart of Paris.

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"Paris has great museums specially dedicated to children, such as the Galérie de Paléontologie." - Travel + Leisure Editors

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Julien Salomoni

Google

Such a great experience. I’m Parisian and I visited the museum for the first time this summer. I’m highly and strongly recommend the Galerie de paléontologie et d’anatomie. It was almost like a dream come true. First the location is amazingly delicate polished and beautiful. Second I came to observe the mammouth 🦣… and same such a great opportunity and a great moment to discover it… it was over the summer, it was really hot inside, they even decided to close the museum, me and my friend got the chance to have had visited the whole museum. I like the fact that they care. I fell in love with the wood floor as well, everything is made to fell in love with and not even on purpose, that’s the charm of it. I love PARIS ♥️

Magdalena Bullivant

Google

This place is like nothing you have ever seen before. Filled to the brim with skeletons, fossils and artifacts, there is so much to discover! I love how everything is frozen in time (literally), even the calligraphic labels. It has a quaintness that is very rare now in big museums. As an artist it's a great place to go and spend the day drawing/collecting inspiration.

Ritwik Roy

Google

It's a really good museum. Worth the visit.

Julian Ehmann

Google

Everybody how likes animals is totally right here. It is worth every euro.

Lisa & Wes Williams

Google

Take the kids, including the kid inside of you! What fun we had

Max Campanella

Google

This place is a museum of museums, harkening back to the cabinet of curiosity days with a purely Aristotelian collection philosophy. The presentation is amazing - you see everything in exactly the “there’s so much” way they wanted in the 1800s. Even down to hand-written labels on individual pieces and hand-painted informational posters with stenciled letters, t really feels like visiting the past. I could t possibly love this place more

R R

Google

I loved the experience to go and see all the collection. My advice, go early because the museum close early. Have breakfast before going, because you will need it. If you are a squeamish, there are sections that you will not like because there are some pieces of organs from some animals. If you are into animals is a great place to learn from a different perspective.

Samara McLain

Google

Had a great time at the museum and got in for free as a university student studying in the area. As an earth and environmental science student with experience in paleontology, I loved to see all the specimens they have at the museum (which is A LOT). the first floor has some boring, more recent artifacts, the second level has some cool dinosaurs and prehistoric mammals/reptiles/birds. My personal favorite was the top floor with all the invertebrates (trilobites, shells, other marine life). Beware that all the labels and signs are in French for non-french speaking visitors