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Musee d'Histoire Naturelle de Rouen, Rouen

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The Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Rouen (Natural History Museum) is a museum in Rouen, northern France, founded in 1828 by Félix Archimède Pouchet. After the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris it is the second largest natural history museum in France.

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  • By Lourdes C
    It's interestingly old museum in an old building with another museum of Antiquities next door. Both free. Lots of children were at the Natural History Museum shouting, running bc of school break...  more »
  • By Happyfoodie15
    It's unlike anything we have in North American and it's also free! You will see birds, mammals, fish, insects, aquatic life and fossils. The museum is frozen in time and is unique.  more »
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  • By Tim Dijkstra
    Huge collection with a great variety, Also a very nice rustic decor.
  • By Simon Gale
    Nice enough (free!), But could use an update
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