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zoology
VERTEBRATES
Mammals, birds, reptiles and fish, stuffed
or preserved in alcool, eggs and skeletons.
Regional and worldwide references, rare or
extinct specimens.
(7 000 specimens)
history
Clermont-Ferrand’s first
museum opened
its doors in 1822.
Henri Lecoq is at the
origin of the current
day museum.
5 departments
About 600 000
specimens and objects
Collections
Preserved in storage, they are
studied by scientists of the
museum as well as used
by researchers
Henri Lecoq, a pharmacist being native
of the north of France was assigned
to Clermont-Ferrand and appointed to the chair
of natural sciences and director of the garden,
which now carries his name, as well as museum.
From 1826 until 1871 he combed Auvergne taking notes
and specimens and published many botanical
and geological works and maps.
His works characterise rather well
the scientific fervour that animated the
provinces during the 19th century and
especially Auvergne.
At his death he bequeathed his
collections to the town, which bought
his town house and opened up the
Lecoq museum.
As this museum was exceptionally rich in terms of
amount and variety of preserved objects, it was the
only museum in the Auvergne to be classified. Today
the museum enjoys the label “Musée de France” and
continues its mission by adding to its collections
and displaying these to a large public in the form of
exhibitions and publications.
science
history
geology
botany
ROCKS
All categories of rocks, especially volcanic rocks,
taken from the Massif Central bedrock .
(50 000 samples)
HERBARIA
Flowering plants, ferns, mosses, algae, lichens
and fungi from the whole of Europe.
Regional references and types.
(100 000 herbarium vouchers)
MINERALS
Regional reference collection
and remarkable specimens.
(20 000 samples)
The museums herbaria are kept
with the university’s collections,
at 3 boulevard Lafayette,
which makes it one of the largest
collections in France
CABINET
DE LAVOISIER
Mainly mineralogical samples
of which the origins are well
documented, some of them
in blown glass
(3 000 specimens)
written and
graphical heritage
OLD BOOKS
The works of Henri Lecoq and other great
scientists of the region as well as some historical
examples such as the 1622 edition of 'Natural
History' by Pliny. (Around 2 000 books)
CALCULATING MACHINES
A collection of calculating
machines with two Pascal
calculators (Pascalinas) at the
heart of it. (193 instruments)
collections collections collections collections
FOSSILS
MOLLUSCS
Worldwide and regional marine
and non-marine shells. Reference
series of many types.
(120 000 specimens or sets)
INSECTS
Around 20 collections consisting
mainly of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera.
Regional references, rare or extinct types
and species.
(200 000 specimens)
OTHER COLLECTIONS
Seeds, fruit, pollen and medicinal plants.
(3 000 sets)
The primary basins and
the Limagne have
given us numerous
fossils, amongst which
certain type fossils and
parts of the largest known tusk ,
from the Mammuthus meridionalis.
(10 000 specimens)
What means type in natural
sciences?
It is the specimen (worlwide reference) that allows
scientists to classify a new species.
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL
INSTRUMENTS AND HISTORICAL OBJECTS
Centred around old collections (amongst which
the Pasteur flask), there is the fruit
of the inventory of today’s heritage.
(500 objects in the collection, 5 740 cards
for the mission)
ARCHIVES
Archives of around ten scientists and the
original catalogue of the Lavoisier collection.
MAPS
The big atlas of the Puy-de-Dôme by
Henri Lecoq and numerous other geological
maps and preliminary works.
ENGRAVINGS
AND PHOTOGRAPHS
The original engravings
of Lecoq, one of the three
known copies of
'Iconography of the
Auvergne mushrooms'
of Lamotte, and different
old and recent document.
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regional natural
heritage
science history
1 D D D THE NATURALIST CATALOGUES
Three displays presenting exhaustive calogues
of the regional natural richness. (Diurnal
Lepidoptera, orchids, mineralogical deposits)
2 K THE MUSEUM'S
HISTORY
Reminder of the life
of Henri Lecoq.
(reconstruction
of his office)
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AUVERGNE THROUGH TIME
science
exposed
From the Paleozoic to the arrival of Man.
(fossils and reconstructions)
1 B MINERALOGY
Three emblematic
examples of the richness
of Auvergne.
(fluor, amethyst
and volcanic minerals)
1 E NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS
The natural environments of the region have been
reconstructed with all their diversity,
in displays (some of them with sound)
representing their fauna and their flora.
(mountain, forest, hedges, fields,
swamps, ponds, rivers and loft barns)
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Presentation of the collections and
the national inventory of scientific
heritage. (calculating machines
and other instruments)
THE TREE OF LIFE
Modern classification of living
beings in the form
of a family tree.
(more than 400 specimens
and models in thirteen
modules)
1 F LOST FAUNA
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GEOLOGY
Auvergne, a land of contrast.
(from Hercynian blocks
with volcanoes
to sedimentary basins)
AND FLORA
Since historical times,
numerous species have
disappeared from the region.
(bear, lynx, wolf, eagle
and different plants)
GEOLOGY
Dive to the centre of the Earth.
(from the universe to a mineral, the rock
cycle and plate tectonics)
2 I MINERALOGICAL CABINET
Presentation of the variety of minerals.
(the eight mineral classes)
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MINERAL UTILISATION
The search for gold,
minerals in the house,
gemstones.
(Lavoisier's gold,
gemstone cutting)
maps of the museum
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■■■■ SCHOOLS
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Independantly or accompanied by the museum’s
mediator, around the expositions or in the
science activities hall. Documents and teaching
kits prepared by the educational service
(National Education teachers).
Visits upon reservation.
Teaching documents online.
■■■■ ADULTS
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TEMPORARY
EXHIBITIONS
Free conferences and varied workshops.
Naturalist drawing workshop.
Thursday afternoons throughout the year.
Seeds of science, scientific workshops.
Tuesday's conferences, at 20:30,
program online.
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THE GREAT SCIENTISTS
0 O Pasteur,
inventor of modern
microbiology.
(the famous Pasteur
flask and a press for
making beer)
OM
A programme of
year-round exhibitions
with various
themes.
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first calculating
machine. (two Pascal
calculators, a functioning
reproduction and portraits)
0 N Lavoisier, inventor
of modern chemistry.
(some items from his
natural history cabinet)
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temporary
exhibitions
0 M Pascal, inventor of the
15, rue Bardoux
63000 Clermont-Ferrand
Tél. +33 (0)4 73 91 93 78
Fax +33 (0)4 73 14 46 25
[email protected]
Open every day from 10 to 12 am and
from 2 to 6pm, except on Mondays,
Sunday mornings and official holidays
(from october to april until 5pm)
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GARDEN
permanent exhibitions permanent exhibitions
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■■■■ YOUNG PUBLIC
To discover nature and science, by observation
of specimens, experiments and fields outings.
Science for beginners, Wednesdays throughout
the year. Seeds of science during the holidays.
DOCUMENTATION
CENTER
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ENTER
The old Henri Lecoq garden
is open to the public, with its ponds, flowers and
walls made out of Volvic stone and the bamboo
plantation where a monster is hiding...
■■■■ DOCUMENTATION CENTER
Around 12 000 titles and approximately thirty
subscriptions constitute a librairy dedicated
to science and the natural heritage
of Auvergne.
Librairy open on Wednesdays or by appointment.
Scientific determinations on site.
http://museelecoq.clermont-ferrand.fr
around the exhibitions