Natural history and ethnography museum
At the heart of the Little Venice district, in a beautiful historic building, the Colmar Museum of Natural History and Ethnography presents rich collections of regional and exotic naturalized animals, the geology of the planet with precious minerals. extraordinary fossils of prehistoric animals found in the region, rare ethnographic objects of the Marquesas Islands, China, Latin America, Africa and an important collection of ancient Egypt (mummies, Coptic fabrics ...), the only visible in Alsace.
11 rue Turenne
68000
Colmar
03 89 23 84 15
contact@museumcolmar.org
www.museumcolmar.org
Visit to the Natural history and ethnography museum
Horaires d'ouverture
Every day except Monday.
School holidays:
Tuesday-Friday, 9am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm.
Saturday-Sunday 10am-12pm and 2pm-6pm.
School holidays (all zones in France):
Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 6pm.
Last admission: 30 minutes before closing time.
Closed on 1 January, 1 May, 1 November and 25 December.
Museum closed from Sunday 26 May at 6pm to Tuesday 25 June at 9am
Public price
Adult : €6.00Kid : €4.50
Price with the pass
Adult : FreeKid : Free
PALEOBOTANICA - THE ROOTS OF LIFE
From 25 June to 31 August 2024
Exposition temporaire
Free
Stan, the T. rex and a few of its contemporaries are staying for a while longer at the Museum of Natural History and Ethnography in Colmar, inviting you on a new journey into the past, to meet the plants that made up the forests of yesteryear. Drawing on its incredible palaeontology collection, Colmar's Museum of Natural History and Ethnography is offering a new temporary exhibition packed with fossils. Each of the specimens in the exhibition has been carefully selected from the museum's 18,600 rocks and fossils to tell you the story of plant evolution over nearly 2.7 billion years. A plunge into the past to discover how plants transformed the planet, how they conquered dry land to propel themselves ever higher into the light and ever further across the continents.
Gigantic fossil trunks stand side by side with pieces of rare finesse, like this fossil leaf whose veins can still be made out and which seems to be delicately resting on the rock, or this flower, preserved in Burmese amber for almost 100 million years...
Palaeontological digs, events for schoolchildren, a series of lectures and guided tours will also be on the programme.
Colmar
11 Rue Turenne
68000 Colmar
France
0389238415
contact@museumcolmar.org
Guided tour ANCIENT EGYPT
27 July 2024 10:30
Animation ponctuelle
FreeWith over 3,000 years of history, Ancient Egypt has always fascinated the world. Between oblivion and rediscovery, we'll be talking about Egyptian gods, mummification and life in the afterlife.
Colmar
11 Rue Turenne
68000 Colmar
France
0389238415
contact@museumcolmar.org
A STORY ABOUT THE MUSEUM
31 July 2024 15:00
En famille
FreeThe storytellers of the Friends of the Colmar Library offer you tales and short natural stories linked to the museum's new exhibition.
Colmar
11 Rue Turenne
68000 Colmar
France
0389238415
contact@museumcolmar.org
DINOSAURES guided tour
3 August 2024 10:30
Autour des animaux
FreeFrom the discovery of the first ichthyosaur in the 18th century to that of the T. Rex Stan a few decades ago, this is the story of a discipline and its heroes.
Colmar
11 Rue Turenne
68000 Colmar
France
+33 3 89 23 84 15
contact@museumcolmar.org
Guided tour: the illusion of life
10 August 2024 10:30
Autour des animaux
FreeAre the animals you see real? Since the Renaissance, scientists have sought to preserve living creatures in order to better study them. That's how taxidermy came about...
Colmar
11 Rue Turenne
68000 Colmar
France
0389238415
contact@museumcolmar.org
Accessibility
- Accepted animals
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The configuration of the building and the spaces does not allow the use of pushchairs. Pushchairs must be left parked outside in the museum courtyard, to the right of the entrance. Pushchairs, folded only, may be left inside, at the foot of the stairs along the wall, except in the area occupied by schoolchildren. Similarly, electric scooters are not allowed inside the museum, even in the car park. Non-electric scooters are tolerated, folded and left at the foot of the stairs.
The museum accepts no responsibility for theft or damage to your belongings.
Access conditions
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Nearest stop: Marché couvert (line 6)
Free Cœur de Ville shuttle bus: on-demand stop on rue Turenne
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Parking Turenne
Parking Saint-Josse
Parking de la Montagne verte
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Pedestrian access
From the station: 15 min walk
From the Tourist Office: 12 min on foot
TWO ENTRANCES: via the gate at 11 rue Turenne or via the gate at Quai de la Poissonnerie, in the Petite Venise district. Please note that this entrance is closed for the duration of the "Dinosaurs, prey and predators" exhibition, until May 2024.