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National Museum of Natural History, France

In , the National Museum of Natural History is the national natural history museum of France and a grand établissement of higher education part of Sorbonne University.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: natural history museum in Paris, France
  • Also known as: “French National Museum of Natural History”, “MNHN”, “MNHN - Museum national d’Histoire naturelle”, “MNHP”, “Musée d’histoire naturelle”, “Museum national d’Histoire naturelle”, “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle”, “Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle”, “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris”, and “National Museum of Natural History”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Herbarium and Botanical Garden.

Museum
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A is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study. The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper but, depending upon the material, may also be stored in boxes or kept in alcohol or other preservative. is situated 350 metres southeast of National Museum of Natural History, France.

Park
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The Jardin des Plantes, also known as the Jardin des Plantes de Paris when distinguished from other jardins des plantes in other cities, is the main in .

Mosque
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The , also known as the Great Mosque of Paris or simply the Paris Mosque, located in the of , is one of the largest in . is situated 270 metres south of National Museum of Natural History, France.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 5th arrondissement and Latin Quarter.

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The of Paris is one of the best known of the city's central districts, located on the Left Bank of the river Seine. Also commonly known as the "Latin Quarter" because the first great Parisian university, the Sorbonne, was founded here and Latin was the language the medieval period students used once to speak.

Suburb
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The of Paris is a district in on the of the , around the . Located in the city's and the arrondissements, it is known for its concentration of universities.

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The 4th is a good chunk of what used to be medieval Paris, and you'll find a lot left from that time on both islands and in the narrow streets of the lower Marais.

National Museum of Natural History, France

Latitude
48.84439° or 48° 50′ 40″ north
Longitude
2.35636° or 2° 21′ 23″ east
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Open location code
8FW4R9V4+QG
Geo­Names ID
10279032
Wiki­data ID
Q838691
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“National Museum of Natural History, France” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المتحف الوطني للتاريخ الطبيعي في باريس”
  • Armenian: “Բնական պատմության ազգային թանգարան”
  • Asturian: “MNHN”
  • Asturian: “Muséu Nacional d’Historia Natural de Francia”
  • Asturian: “Muséu Nacional d’Historia Natural de París”
  • Azerbaijani: “Paris Milli Təbiət Tarix muzeyi”
  • Basque: “Historia Naturalaren Museoa”
  • Belarusian: “Музей прыродазнаўства”
  • Belarusian: “Нацыянальны музей натуральнай гісторыі”
  • Belarusian: “Нацыянальны музэй натуральнай гісторыі”
  • Catalan: “MNHN”
  • Catalan: “Museu d’Història Natural de París”
  • Catalan: “Museu Nacional d’Història Natural (París)”
  • Catalan: “Museu Nacional d’Història Natural de França”
  • Catalan: “Museu Nacional d’Història Natural”
  • Catalan: “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (França)”
  • Catalan: “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • Chinese: “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • Chinese: “国家自然历史博物馆”
  • Chinese: “国家自然史博物馆”
  • Chinese: “国立自然史博物馆”
  • Chinese: “國立自然史博物館”
  • Chinese: “巴黎自然历史博物馆”
  • Chinese: “巴黎自然歷史博物館”
  • Chinese: “法国国家自然历史博物馆”
  • Chinese: “法國國立自然史博物館”
  • Chinese: “自然歷史博物館 (巴黎)”
  • Czech: “Muséum d’histoire naturelle”
  • Czech: “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • Czech: “Národní přírodopisné muzeum”
  • Danish: “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • Dutch: “Museum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • Dutch: “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المتحف الوطنى للتاريخ الطبيعى فى باريس”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Muzeo de Natura Historio de Parizo”
  • French: “Le Muséum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • French: “MNHN”
  • French: “Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Paris”
  • French: “Muséum de Paris”
  • French: “Museum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • French: “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • French: “Cabinet d’Histoire Naturelle” (historical)
  • Galician: “Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Francia”
  • Georgian: “ბუნებისმეტყველების ეროვნული მუზეუმი (პარიზი)”
  • Georgian: “ბუნებისმეტყველების ეროვნული მუზეუმი”
  • German: “MNHN”
  • German: “Musée d’Histoire Naturelle”
  • German: “Musée national d’histoire naturelle”
  • German: “Museum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • German: “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • German: “Naturhistorisches Museum Paris”
  • Greek: “Εθνικό Μουσείο Φυσικής Ιστορίας στο Παρίσι”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון הלאומי להיסטוריה של הטבע”
  • Hungarian: “Nemzeti Természettudományi Múzeum”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Nasional Sejarah Alam Prancis”
  • Irish: “Músaem Náisiúnta Stair an Dúlra”
  • Irish: “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • Italian: “Museo nazionale di storia naturale di Francia”
  • Italian: “Museo nazionale di storia naturale”
  • Italian: “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle di Francia”
  • Italian: “Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle”
  • Japanese: “パリ自然史博物館”
  • Japanese: “フランス国立自然史博物館”
  • Japanese: “国立自然史博物館”
  • Japanese: “国立自然誌博物館”
  • Javanese: “Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle”
  • Kazakh: “Ұлттық жаратылыстану тарихы мұражайы (Париж)”
  • Kazakh: “Ұлттық жаратылыстану тарихы мұражайы”
  • Korean: “국립 자연사 박물관”
  • Latin: “Museum Nationale Historiae Naturalis”
  • Malay: “National Museum of Natural History (France)”
  • Malay: “National Museum of Natural History”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • Norwegian: “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • Persian: “موزه ملی تاریخ طبیعی (فرانسه)”
  • Persian: “موزه ملی تاریخ طبیعی”
  • Polish: “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Historii Naturalnej w Paryżu”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Nacional de História Nacional”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Nacional de História Natural”
  • Portuguese: “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • Romanian: “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul Național de Istorie Naturală”
  • Russian: “Музей естествознания”
  • Russian: “Национальный музей естественной истории (Париж)”
  • Russian: “Национальный музей естественной истории”
  • Russian: “Парижский музей естественной истории”
  • Russian: “Парижский музей естествознания”
  • Slovak: “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • Slovenian: “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • Slovenian: “Nacionalni naravoslovni muzej v Parizu”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Historia Natural de Paris”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Historia Natural de París”
  • Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Francia”
  • Spanish: “Museum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • Spanish: “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • Swedish: “Muséum d’histoire naturelle”
  • Swedish: “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • Turkish: “Ulusal Doğa Tarihi Müzesi (Paris)”
  • Turkish: “Ulusal Doğa Tarihi Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “MNHN”
  • Ukrainian: “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей природознавства”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний музей природничої історії”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний музей природознавства”
  • Ukrainian: “Паризький музей природознавства”
  • Urdu: “نیشنل میوزیم آف نیچرل ہسٹری، فرانس”
  • Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Lịch sử Tự nhiên Quốc gia Pháp”
  • Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng quốc gia lịch sử tự nhiên”
  • Vietnamese: “Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle”
  • Welsh: “Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Hanes Naturiol”
  • Welsh: “Muséum national d’histoire naturelle”
  • “MNHN”

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