Things to do in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France: The Best Natural History Museums

January 31, 2022 Misti Hsu

Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the largest administrative region in France, located in the southwest of the country.
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1. Salle museographique Pierre Bourrinet

Le Bourg-Teyjat, 24300 Teyjat France +33 5 53 56 35 76 [email protected] http://www.officedetourismedevaraignes.com/
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4.5 based on 2 reviews

Salle museographique Pierre Bourrinet

2. Maison du Fier

Route du Vieux-Port, 17880 Les Portes-en-Re, Ile de Re France +33 5 46 29 50 74 [email protected] http://www.maisondufier.fr/
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4.5 based on 11 reviews

Maison du Fier

The Maison du Fier is a museum about nature on the Ile de Ré. It is hosted in an ancient salt shed. Nature guides welcomes you at this building where you can discover and learn about nature on the Ile de Ré. Why are birds banded? Which fish are hidden in our aquarium? Discover the answers to these questions and learn more thanks to the exhibition and our English audio guides. The access to the outside track is free all year round and you can discover a great variety of species! From there you can also start you exploration on the walking or cycling tracks along the edge of the Nature Reserve Lilleau des Niges. Access inside the Reserve is prohibited but these tracks provide very good conditions for birdwatching. With about 350 bird species observed each year, the Ile de Ré, on France’s French West Coast is a top spot for Bird watchers! Brent geese, Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, curlews, godwits, Spoonbills, black-winged Stilt, terns, Avocet and Bluethroat welcome you in the saltmarsh!

3. Museum de Bordeaux

5 Place Bardineau, 33000, Bordeaux France +33 5 24 57 65 30 [email protected] http://www.museum-bordeaux.fr
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4.0 based on 30 reviews

Museum de Bordeaux

4. Musee National de Prehistoire

1 rue du Musee, 24620 Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil France +33 5 53 06 45 45 http://musee-prehistoire-eyzies.fr/
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4.0 based on 744 reviews

Musee National de Prehistoire

Reviewed By PJGO

Visited the museum after going to several caves and spent several hours there. Informative, educational and interesting displays of their extensive collection of bones, tools, jewellery, examples of cave art and how tools etc., developed through periods of pre history. The rooms have plastic coated information sheets in English for the artefacts in the cabinets. We visited when the outside temperature was 38-41 C. The rooms are air conditioned, which was a bonus. Keep your ticket and when outside, follow the signs for the guided tour of the adjacent excavation site which is where many of the artefacts were found. Your museum ticket gets you a discount, the tours start on the hour (may be a gap for lunch) and last for about 45 minutes. Our guide spoke excellent English, was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic. It's an impressive excavation site, although it can get very warm. However, there's an adjacent air conditioned room with more artefacts to finish the tour.

5. Pole d'interpretation de la Prehistoire

30 rue du Moulin, 24620 Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil France +33 5 53 06 06 97 [email protected] http://www.pole-prehistoire.com/
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4.0 based on 291 reviews

Pole d'interpretation de la Prehistoire

6. Le Museum D’histoire Naturelle de la Plaine d'Ansot

64100, Bayonne France http://ansot.bayonne.fr
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4.0 based on 11 reviews

Le Museum D’histoire Naturelle de la Plaine d'Ansot

7. Musee Africain

30 rue Napoleon, 17123, Ile d'Aix France +33 5 46 84 66 40 http://musees-nationaux-malmaison.fr/musees-napoleonien-africain/a-musee-africain
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4.0 based on 60 reviews

Musee Africain

8. Le Musee D'art Et D'archeologie

Avenue Pierre Mendes France Hotel de la Senatorerie, 23000, Gueret France +33 5 55 52 07 20 http://www.ville-gueret.fr/culture/musee.php
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4.0 based on 14 reviews

Le Musee D'art Et D'archeologie

9. museum d'histoire naturelle de Bordeaux

5 Place Bardineau, 33000, Bordeaux France +33 5 24 57 65 43 http://www.museum-bordeaux.fr
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4.0 based on 32 reviews

museum d'histoire naturelle de Bordeaux

10. Maison du Parc national des Pyrenees de Etsaut

64490 Etsaut France +33 5 59 34 88 30 http://www.pyrenees-parcnational.fr/fr/des-decouvertes/sejourner-dans-le-parc-national/ou-sinformer/maison-du-parc-national-etsaut
Maison du Parc national des Pyrenees de Etsaut

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