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.
Tag: science-exhibitions
Océanolab – Projet Alcid in Brittany: Climate Study
Océanolab presents the Alcid research project through the organisms, instruments and questions used to study Brittany’s changing coast. Work on seaweed and ecosystem resilience explains how marine scientists observe the effects of climate pressure in local waters. Live research material gives the exhibition a precise link between public interpretation and scientific activity at the Brest aquarium.
Place aux étoiles! in Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire: Night Sky Fest
Place aux étoiles! combines astronomy and performance in Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire. Telescope observations organised with astronomy partners sit alongside an immersive mapping show, street arts, acrobatics and an illuminated promenade. Family activities and local producers’ stalls complete the programme presented by Le Belvédère and its partners.