Caen · Calvados
Museum of Nature Discovery
French name: musée d’initiation à la nature
Always free
Free admission
- Always freeFree every dayPermanent displays and temporary exhibitions free at all times; inside the Hôtel de Ville grounds (Abbaye aux Hommes).
Address
Enceinte de l'hôtel de Ville, entrée par l'impasse Duc Rollon ou l'avenue Albert Sorel, 14000 Caen
Set in a former bakery of the Abbaye aux Hommes, this small museum, created in 1974, bills itself as the smallest natural history museum in France. It introduces visitors to Norman wildlife, taxidermied birds foremost among them, as well as a garden of regional wild plants.