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In the Plant Garden, you can admire very old tree species : the Robinia false acacia, planted in 1636, the Ginkgo Biloba, around 150 yrs old, (this tree already existed in its present form) over 125 million years ago at the time of the dinosaurs)and the Sophora du Japon sent as a seed to Bernard de Jussieu and labelled as an "unknown Chinese tree" by a Jesuit naturalist living in China. It was planted in 1747 and flowered for the first time thirty years later.
Collection : Sciences, Ethnography, Stuffed animals, Evolution, Insects, Green plants, Animals, Anthropology, Fossils, Oceanography, Minerals, Geology, Prehistory, Everyday items
Opening days and times
Open/Closed : Jardin des plantes : everyday 7.30am-5.30pm during winter, 7.30am-8pm during summer.
Jardin alpin et Ecole de botanique (Alpine garden and botanical garden) : closed weekends and public holidays.
Attention : gardens, "Ménagerie" and galeries open at different times.
Open on those public holidays : Easter, Easter Monday, 1 May, 8 May, Ascension Day, Whitsuntide, Whit Monday, 14 July, 15 August, 1 November, 11 November, 25 December
Individual tours
Independent tour : Le jardin alpin : entrée payante les weekends et jours fériés.
Free : Entrée libre : Jardin des Plantes, jardin d'iris et vivaces, école de botanique
Le jardin alpin : entrée libre du lundi au vendredi.
Free for children.
Practical informations
Muséum d'histoire naturelle - Jardin des plantes
57, rue Cuvier 75005 PARIS
Métro : Gare d'Austerlitz
RER : C : Gare d'Austerlitz
Bus : 24 - 57 - 61 - 63 - 65 - 67 - 89 - 91
www.mnhn.fr
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