Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Tours, Natural history museum in Tours, France.

The Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Tours opened in 1989 at 3, rue du Président Merville, replacing the museum destroyed in the 1940 bombing. It holds temporary exhibition space, a vivarium, a room for the natural history collections and a library. The earlier museum occupied the second floor of the neoclassical building facing the town hall, with six rooms of birds and minerals.

The first museum opened in 1853 on the second floor of the neoclassical building facing the town hall on place Anatole-France, sharing it with the fine arts school. It held eight rooms over 500 m², including the Jolivet invertebrate room and a geology room. Bombing in 1940 destroyed the building and nearly all collections; the present museum opened in 1989 at 3, rue du Président Merville.

The museum holds collections that show the natural world from both local and global perspectives. Visitors can see how animals and plants from different habitats connect with one another.

The museum is centrally located in Tours and easy to reach on foot. Visitors should note that some areas may occasionally close for renovation work, so it is worth checking ahead.

The current museum opened in 1989 at 3, rue du Président Merville, replacing the first Muséum lost in the 1940 bombing. Its rooms include a vivarium, a temporary exhibition space, a hall for the natural history collections and a library. Before 1940 the old museum held eight rooms over 500 m², among them the Salle Jolivet for invertebrates and a turtle room.