National Museum of Natural History, France
The French National Museum of Natural History, known in French as the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, is the national natural history museum of France and a grand établissement of higher education part of Sorbonne Universities. The main museum, with four galleries, is located in Paris, France, within the Jardin des Plantes on the left bank of the River Seine. It was formally founded in 1793, during the French Revolution, but was begun even earlier in 1635 as the royal garden of medicinal plants. The museum now has 14 sites throughout France.
Grand Gallery of Evolution of the National Museum of Natural History
Statue of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in the formal garden
Buffon's "Natural History" (1763)
The museum's seal, designed in 1793, illustrates the three realms of Nature, Collective work, and the French Revolution.
A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, climatology, and more.
The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, the largest natural history museum in the world
Skeletons of Shunosaurus (left) and Giganotosaurus (right) in the Finnish Museum of Natural History in Helsinki, Finland