Museum
on Toulon

Var Departmental Museum

Located in a beautiful garden, this natural history Museum offers permanent collection, temporary exhibitions and animations.
The aim is to raise public awareness of the diversity of specimens from entomology (27,000 insects listed), herpetology (61 specimens), which studies the amphibians and reptiles of the Var or Hermann's Tortoise (the terrestrial reptiles of the Var correspond to 70% of the richness of metropolitan France) and mammology (of the 250 terrestrial mammals represented, 70 are present in the Var).
The museum’s collections include 978 species of birds, many of which can be found in our department, which ranks among the richest in France thanks to 167 species of breeding birds.
With a palette of some 2,500 plants, the flora of the Var is also one of the most noteworthy in France.
The museum also features displays devoted to prehistory, mineralogy, ethnology and paleontology, including a pterosaur skeleton, fossils and remarkable farming tools.
We speak : French

Themes

  • Sciences and technology
  • Natural sciences
  • Natural history
  • Human sciences

Opening

Opening hours from 01 January to 31 December 2024
TuesdayOpen from 09:00 am to 06:00 pm
WednesdayOpen from 09:00 am to 06:00 pm
ThursdayOpen from 09:00 am to 06:00 pm
FridayOpen from 09:00 am to 06:00 pm
SaturdayOpen from 09:00 am to 06:00 pm
SundayOpen from 09:00 am to 06:00 pm
Closed at 5pm in December, January and February. Closed on public holidays.

Rates

Free

Adapted tourism

Adapted service : Accessible for self-propelled wheelchairs, Reserved space 330 cm wide <100 m from the site, even flooring with no obstacles, minimum aisle width of 90 cm, doors>=77 cm wide, Reception desk between 70-80 cm high, WC + grab handle + adequate space to move, Site, building totally accessible

Motor disability

Ground floor, elevator to first-floor showcases.

Address

737 chemin du Jonquet
83000 Toulon
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