Musée des Confluences
The Musée des Confluences is a science centre and anthropology museum which opened on 20 December 2014, in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, France. In May 2011, the Musée des Confluences, while still under construction, received the designation “Musée de France” from the Ministry of Culture and Communication.Photo: Fred Romero, CC BY 2.0.
- Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 10:30 AM—6:30 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, France
- Also known as: “Musee des Confluences”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include École normale supérieure de Lyon and Halle Tony Garnier.
École normale supérieure de Lyon
University
Photo: SashiRolls, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The École normale supérieure de Lyon is a French grande école located in the city of Lyon. It is one of the four prestigious écoles normales supérieures in France. École normale supérieure de Lyon is situated 770 metres southeast of Musée des Confluences.
Halle Tony Garnier
Arts center
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Halle Tony Garnier is an arena and concert hall in Lyon, France. It was designed by Tony Garnier in 1905. Originally a slaughterhouse, the building was renovated in 1987 and opened as a concert hall in 1988. Halle Tony Garnier is situated 620 metres southeast of Musée des Confluences.
Pont Raymond Barre
Bridge
Photo: Smiley.toerist, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pont Raymond Barre is a bridge, which is situated 210 metres east of Musée des Confluences.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Mulatière and La Confluence.
La Mulatière
Village
Photo: Frachet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Mulatière is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, central-eastern France. It is located just southwest of Lyon, on the right bank of the Saône; it is the final commune until its confluence with the Rhône at the southern end of Lyon's Presqu'île.
7th arrondissement of Lyon
Suburb
The 7th arrondissement of Lyon is one of the nine arrondissements of the City of Lyon.
Musée des Confluences
- Categories: science museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Lyon, Arrondissement of Lyon, Greater Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.73263° or 45° 43′ 58″ northLongitude
4.81799° or 4° 49′ 5″ eastInception
December 19th, 2014Open location code
8FQ6PRM9+35OpenStreetMap ID
way 440270631OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q8352
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Musée des Confluences” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Musée des Confluences”
- Catalan: “Museu de les Confluències”
- Chinese: “汇流博物馆”
- Dutch: “Musée des Confluences”
- Esperanto: “Muzeo Kunfluejoj”
- French: “musée des Confluences”
- French: “Musée des Confluences”
- French: “Musée Guimet et Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle”
- German: “Musée des Confluences”
- Hungarian: “Musée des Confluences”
- Italian: “Musée des Confluences”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Musée des Confluences”
- Russian: “Музей Конфлюанс”
- Russian: “Музей слияния двух рек”
- Russian: “Музей слияния”
- Spanish: “Musee des Confluences”
- Spanish: “Musée des Confluences”
- Spanish: “Museo de la Confluencia”
- Spanish: “Museo de las Confluencias”
- “MCL”
- “Musée des Confluences”
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