Fatal Volcanoes Exhibition

A volcanic close-up in Paris

Address:

57, rue Cuvier - (Museum d'histoire naturelle)
75005 - 6th Arrondissement
Île-de-France

Nearest Bus or Train:

Gare d'Austerlitz, Jussieu, Monge

Open Hours:

7:30am-5:30pm daily

Visitors can get a real close-up of the earth's volcanic rumblings at Paris' Natural History Museum until the end of February. The volcanoes at Pompei and at Saint-Pierre in Martinque are brought to life with scale models, amazing photos and some grisly remains from the eruptions. Admission to this exhibition in the Geology Gallery, and to the wonderful botanical gardens surrounding the venue, is free. The rest of the museum contains some pretty wild exhibits, including over hundreds of stuffed wildlife and a couple of huge animal skeletons.

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