Musée de Préhistoire et d'Histoire Naturelle
13 bis Boulevard Amiral Courbet, 30000 – Nimes
Opened in 1892 and housed in the same building as the Musee Archeologique, the Nimes Museum is arranged around a convent chapel from the seventeenth century. The prehistory, exotic ethnography and zoology of mammals and reptiles are on display here.
The display cabinets lining the chapel hall are original. Hand lettered signs and plaques. Sagging bubbly glass. Shelf after shelf of antique bottles and carefully labeled specimens. But the highlight of anyone's visit must be the taxidermy, also original to the 1800s. Jagged seams and garishly painted nostrils. Wandering eyes and toothy grins...
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