Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature

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A two-year overhaul turned the three-floor hunting museum from a musty old-timer into something really rather special. When it reopened in 2007, it had kept the basic layout and proportions of the two adjoining 17th-century mansions it occupies, but many of its new exhibits and settings seem more suited to an art gallery than a museum. The history of hunting and man's larger relationship with the natural world are examined in things like a quirky series of wooden cabinets devoted to the owl, wolf, boar and stag, each equipped with a bleached skull, small drawers you can open to reveal droppings and footprint casts, and a binocular eyepiece you can peer into for footage of the animal in the wild. A cleverly simple mirrored box contains a stuffed hen that is replicated into infinity on every side; and a stuffed fox is set curled up on a Louis XVI chair as though it were a domestic pet. Thought-provoking stuff.

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Address:
Hôtel Guénégaud
Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature 62 rue des Archives
3e
Paris

Opening hours:
11am-6pm Tue-Sun
Price:
€6; €4.50 reductions; free under-18s & 1st Sun of mth
Map
1. Hôtel Guénégaud
  - Hôtel Guénégaud
    62 rue des Archives
    3e
    Paris
  - 48.861438,2.358723

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Attractions and museums. Natural history and wildlife

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This museum is unlike any other in Paris and makes you smile. A must visit institution.

Harvey Wood Sun May 27 2012
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