Chartres’s natural history museum continues to tell its story through the scientific collections it preserved before closing to the public. This Jeudis de l’archéologie talk turns to its palaeontological holdings. Renewed cataloguing and inventory work reveal more about the specimens’ geographic origins and diversity, linking present research with the institution’s collecting history.
Chartres: The Museum’s Palaeontology Collections
A talk traces Chartres’s natural history museum through its palaeontology collections and the inventory work clarifying their origins and diversity.

About this event
Event Details
When:
29 October 2026 Europe/Paris
Where:
1 Boulevard Maurice Viollette, Chartres
Category:
Heritage & Guided Visits, Literature & Ideas
Topic:
events
Region:
Centre Val de Loire, France
Price: Free
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