Requien Museum – Natural History Museum

  • Museum
  • Sciences and technology
  • Natural sciences
  • Museum of France
  • Municipal museum
67 rue Joseph Vernet, 84000 Avignon
Natural History Museum of geology and fauna in Vaucluse founded in the XVIIth century by Esprit Requien.
The Museum was named after his creator, Esprit Requien (1788-1851), who in 1840 left to the Calvet Museum his collections and his library. Since Esprit Requien was young, he dedicated his life to the botany and later on to the malacology and paleontology.
Since 1943, the Museum was settled down in the Raphaelis de Soissans Hotel (XVIIth century) which is close to the Calvet Museum. With more than 900.000 specimens, it is one of the most important museums in Provence. Exhibitions are...

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Tour free of charge

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Requien Museum – Natural History Museum
67 rue Joseph Vernet, 84000 Avignon

Spoken languages

Spoken languages
  • French

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Environment
  • Town location
  • In centre of town
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