Excursions

Friday afternoon

A google form will be send soon to register to the excursion and request tickets for some of the galeries.

Musée de l'Homme (Mankind History muséum). 50 persons maximum.

Two guided visits of 25 persons (one english, one french) will be opened at the Musée de l'Homme in the Trocadéro.

Collection visit: l'Herbier National (National Herbarium). 30 persons maximum.

Two guided visits in english of 15 persons. In the site of the Jardin des Plantes.

Lab Visit: The AST-RX platform, an X-ray tomography facility dedicated to natural sciences at the " Paris Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle ".  20 persons maximum

The « Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle » has been hosting an X-ray tomography facility for 4 years now. We CT scan specimens from a wide variety of collections such as paleontology, paleoanthropology, comparative anatomy, meteorites, entomology or marine environments, producing CT data for many different research projects every year. The session will show the the system (v|tome|x L240, GE Inspection Technologies Phoenix|X-ray) and some of these projects to highlight the fascinating results achievable with this equipment.

Ménagerie (zoo at the Botanical garden).

 During the congress, the entrance for the Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes will be free only if you wear your badge.

Grande galerie de l'Évolution (galerie of evolution).

The garelie is free for european under 26 years. For the others, we are reserving tickets that you can request in the goole form that will be send soon.

There are more galeries to visit in the Jardin des Plantes for which you have to by a ticket: http://www.mnhn.fr/fr/visitez/galeries-jardins-zoos

Saturday

A naturalist excursion will be organized on saturday, 6th organized by Timarcha association. Only 20 persons maximum can attend.

This will be  for beginners of the Fontainbleau general nature and lots of taxon will be seen, according to the season: history of the forest, geology, bryophytes, lichens and mushrooms, identifiaction of trees thanks to the burgeons and bark, insects and birds from winter season.

 Picture by Cathy Lucas