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Muséum de Toulouse
Entry hall of the Muséum de Toulouse
Multiple view of bone Azilian harpoon head, from about 10,000 years ago
The Muséum de Toulouse, Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de la ville de Toulouse (abbreviation: MHNT) is a museum of natural history in Toulouse, France. It is located in the Busca-Montplaisir, and houses a collection of more than 2.5 million items and has some 3 000 square metres of exhibition space.[1] Its Index Herbariorum code is TLM.[2]
Contents
1 History
2 Permanent exhibitions
3 Collections
3.1 Prehistory
3.2 Botany
3.3 Entomology
3.3.1 Coleoptera
3.3.2 Lepidoptera
3.3.3 Orthoptera
3.4 Mineralogy
3.5 Ornithology
3.6 Osteology
3.7 Paleontology
3.7.1 Invertebrates
3.7.2 Vertebrates
4 Henri Gaussen Botanical Garden
5 References
6 External links
History
The museum was founded in 1796 by the naturalist Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse, with his collections being able to be housed (after the revolution) in the former Carmelite monastery in Toulouse.[3]
In 1808, the emperor Napoleon formally gifted all the Carmelite buildings and land to the city of Toulouse, [3] and in 1865
the museum was opened to the public in its present location and under the directorship of Édouard Filhol.[3] Toulouse museum was the first museum in the world to open a gallery of prehistory thanks to the collaboration of Émile Cartailhac, Jean-Baptiste Noulet, and Eugène Trutat.[4]
In 1887 (on the occasion of a world exposition in Toulouse) the botanical gardens of the university of Toulouse became part of the museum.[3]
In 2008, the museum reopened in its present form (as of May 2018) with the renovations and extensions of the museum, designed by the architectural firm of Jean-Paul Viguier,[3][5] having been completed.
Permanent exhibitions
The permanent exhibition has five linked themes:
- Sequence 1: Feeling the Earth's power.
Nature of the solar system and its formation. Nature of the Earth – plate tectonics, seismic and volcanic activity and erosion, petrology and mineralogy.
- Sequence 2: Doing away with our notions of hierarchy.
The nature of life – biodiversity, classification, and organization.
- Sequence 3: Getting to grips with the huge scale.
Earth history from 3.8 billion years ago. Introduces time, palaeontology and the evolution of life
- Sequence 4: Admitting the obvious.
The main functions of living beings—feeding, respiration, locomotion, reproduction, protection and communication.
- Sequence 5: Inventing the future.
The impact of human activity—demographic pressure on ecosystems and natural resources
Collections
This section presents examples to illustrate the content of each different collection of the Museum de Toulouse.
Prehistory
The prehistoric collection includes mostly artefacts excavated in France. They also contain comparative material from other parts of Europe and other continents. Notable collectors include Édouard Harlé (1850–1922), Antoine Meillet (1866– 1936), Alexis Damour (1808–1902), Félix Regnault (1847–1908), Louis Péringuey (1855–1924), Émile Cartailhac (1845–1921), Daniel Bugnicourt, Edward John Dunn (1844–1937), Henri Breuil (1877–1961), and Louis Lartet (1840–1899), as well as the curators Jean-Baptiste Noulet (1802–1890), Eugène Trutat (1840 -1910), and Édouard Filhol (1814–1883).
Mesolithic tomb from Téviec, Brittany
Polished Neolithic axes from Reims France – Alexis Damour collection
Polished Neolithic axes from Plagne Haute-Garonne collection Félix Régnault collection
Bronze bead necklace Holocene Bronze age Jean-Baptiste Noulet collection
Botany
- The herbarium contains historic specimens collected by Benjamin Balansa (1825–1891).
Entada phaseoloides – fruit
Luffa aegyptiaca – fibrous skeleton
Cassia fistula – ripe fruit
Entomology
Coleoptera
Cerapterus pilipennis - Zambia
Chrysochroa rajah thailandica - Chiang Mai, Thailand
Hiperantha testacea
Bupestrid from Colombia
Metaxymorpha gloriosa Bupestrid from North Queensland, Australia
Lepidoptera
Historis odius - Colombia
Charaxes varanes vologeses - Malawi
Morpho didius - Peru
Archaeoprepona licomedes - Brazil
Orthoptera
Oedipoda caerulescens - Etang de la Maourine Toulouse
Titanacris albipes- French Guyana
Porphyromma speciosa-French Guyana
Mineralogy
Celestine - Turkmenistan
Fluorite - France
Nepouite - New Caledonia
Scheelite - China
Sphalerite - Roumania
Ornithology
- The bird collection of MHNT contains more than 30,000 specimens, of which 20,000 are eggs. About 8,500 bird mounts and 1,500 scientific bird skins are included. Other bird items are around 2,000 skeletons and skulls and 5,300 eggs. The collection focuses on Europe (especially France), but the collection also has exotic species . Most are documented on card or computer systems.
- The bird mount collection of Victor Besaucèle, with 5,000 specimens, is one of the most important historic collections in Europe.
- Other collectors represented are R. Bourret, G. Cossaune, M. Gourdon, Hammonville, A. Lacroix, and Reboussin.
Snowy owl: The oldest mount in the museum, collected by Mr Dode in 1807
Yellow-faced myna
Toucan barbet
- The egg collection of Jacques Perrin de Brichambaut (1920–2007) was acquired in 2010. It contains his personal collections, supplemented by those of other ornithologists, notably Georges Guichard, Henri Heim de Balsac, and Rene de Naurois. It includes all the palearctic species (Europe, North Africa, and Asia), about 1,000 species and nearly 15,000 eggs, and is one of the most complete and best-documented palearctic egg collections in Europe.
Egg of wedge-tailed eagle
Egg of little egret
Egg of helmeted guineafowl
Egg of southern giant petrel
Nest of common house martin
Egg of passenger pigeon
Osteology
European mole
Eastern woolly lemur
Red howler monkey
Yellow baboon
Paleontology
The specimens of the collection of paleontology amount to tens of thousands. They date from the Paleoarchean to the Eocene.
Invertebrates
One of the oldest life forms, a Stromatolite of Paleoarchean age – 3, 600 to 3, 200 million years ago (Mya)
Trilobite of Middle Ordovician – 468 to 460 Mya
Vertebrates
Woolly rhinoceros complete skeleton of Pleistocene age – 370, 000 to 10, 000 years ago
Woolly rhinoceros, complete skull
Cave bear mandible of Pleistocene age
Henri Gaussen Botanical Garden
Jardin Henri Gaussen in winter
Henri Gaussen was a Toulouse-based phytogeographer and botanist. The botanic garden which honours his name is attached to the museum and is part of the Earth and Life Science Research and Training Paul Sabatier University. A second botanical area, The Museum Gardens, extends over 3 hectares. It is notable for "potagers du monde" (vegetable gardens of the world) and a "shade house" which recreates the conditions required by shade plants.
References
^ Le Muséum de Toulouse on the official site of the tourism office of Toulouse
^ "NYBG Steere Herbarium, Index Herbariorum: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse". Retrieved 30 May 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ abcde "Musuéum de Toulouse:Quelques dates de l'histoire du Muséum..." (in French). Retrieved 30 May 2018.
^ Le Muséum de Toulouse et l'invention de la préhistoire, 2010
ISBN 978-2-906702-18-9.
^ "Jean-Paul Viguier et Associés: Muséum de Toulouse".
External links
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- Official website
- François Bon, Sébastien Dubois, Marie-Dominique Labails, 2010. Le Muséum de Toulouse et l'invention de la préhistoire Toulouse Editions Muséum de Toulouse
ISBN 978-2-906702-18-9
- Part of this article is a translation of (or greatly inspired by) the French Wikipedia's article (see the list of title=Mus%C3%A9um_de_Toulouse&action=history authors)
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