11 February 2015 – 21 March 2016
Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle
Grande Galerie de l’Évolution
36 rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
75005 Paris
Getting here
Pedestrian access around the Jardin des Plantes:
- 57 and 43 rue Cuvier
- 2, 10 and 18 rue Buffon
- 36, 38 and 40 rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
- Place Valhubert
Metro / RER:
- Gare d’Austerlitz (lines 5 and 10, RER C)
- Jussieu (lines 7 and 10)
- Place Monge (line 7)
- Censier-Daubenton (line 7)
Bus: 24, 57, 61, 63, 67, 89, 91
Batobus: Jardin des Plantes stop
Bicycle: Vélib stations:
- n°5023 (13 rue Jussieu)
- n°5028 (6 rue Censier)
- n°5104 (47 rue Buffon)
- n°5035 (1 rue Buffon)
- n°12104 (opposite 109 quai d ’Austerlitz)
Car: Autolib stations:
- 18 rue Linné
- 99 rue Monge
- 27 rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
- 47 boulevard de l’Hôpital
Parking: underground pay car parks located around the Jardin des Plantes, Gare d’Austerlitz, Censier.
Hours
Open 10 am to 6 pm (closed Tuesdays and 1 May).
Last entrance 45 minutes before closing.
Admission
Exhibition ticket includes general admission to the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution :
- Full price: 11 €
- Reduced price: 9 €
Exhibition ticket includes general admission to the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution and the Galerie des Enfants :
- Full price: 13 €
- Reduced price: 11 €
Free: children under 4, the disabled and their visiting companion, job seekers/recipients of minimal social benefits, teachers preparing their visit to the museum upon presentation of supporting documents, journalists holding Press cards, ICOM/ICOMOS members, Amis du Muséum and Amis du Musée de l’Homme members.
Reduced price: EU visitors ages 4- 25 (on presentation of an ID card), SNCF card holders, non school groups from 10 persons (reservation required), teachers with an access card “pass-éducation”.
Special discovery offer: one full-priced ticket to a Jardin des Plantes site gives access at reduced price (on presentation of ticket) to the other Jardin des Plantes sites: valid 3 months.
Self-guided tour: 15 € / 11 € (children under 10, the disabled and their visiting companion, job seekers) - Reservation required at 0826 10 42 00 (0,15 € TTC/min) or cultival.fr
Buy tickets
At the ticket counter: payment by cash, french checks, VISA, Mastercard & American Express.
On the Muséum’s online site: http://billetterie.mnhn.fr
Information
Group reservations:
Contact: valhuber@mnhn.fr / 01 40 79 54 79
Booking is mandatory for:
- School groups and youth centres (self-guided tours, guided tours, workshop visits).
- Adult groups (self-guided tours, guided tours on validation).
0826 104 200 (0.15 euros TTC/min) and at www.cultival.fr
Disabled visitors:
Groups of disabled children, teenagers or adults: guided tours and workshops accessible to visitors suffering mobility, mental, visual or audio disabilities.
Information available at info-accessibilite@mnhn.fr , see section « animations ».
Guided tours and the exhibition are accessible to confined to wheelchair.
Guided tours and workshops are available in the French sign language for hearing-impaired visitors.
Touch screen tours for visually-impaired visitors
Some workshops and tours are open to visitors suffering a mental disability.