Museum d histoire naturelle de

Established in 1819 by Jean-Baptiste Marquis de Montgrand, the Natural History Museum of Marseille holds more than 160,000 fossils and zoological examples and additionally 210,000 botanical and mineral specimens. The museum is located in the Palais Longchamp in Marseilles, alongside the Fine Arts Museum.

There are four exhibition areas on the site: la salle Safari World Fauna, la salle de Provence Regional Fauna and Flora, la salle d'ostéologie Comparative Anatomy and la salle de préhistoire, sur l'évolution Prehistory and Evolution. There are also occasional conferences and temporary exhibitions.

The museum houses 83,000 zoological specimens, 200, 000 botanical specimens, 81,000 fossils, and 8,000 mineral specimens.