It’s been on my list for the longest time so Lucienne joined me today for a walk around the natural history museum.  It’s in the Jardin des Plantes in the 5th arrondissement across from the Paris Mosque (which has a nice courtyard BTW for tea but be prepared to fight the busy little birds for a bite of pastry).

If you don’t have a similar museum where you come from, it’s worth a visit – especially with children.  It’s an excuse anyway to visit the Jardin des Plantes which is a wonderful treasure for Paris in and of itself.

There is a special room where all the extinct or endangered species are displayed – don’t miss this room – it’s on the 2nd floor.  It’s amazing to me that we humans can actually hunt something to it’s extinction.

The whole place reminded me of Deyrolle (which you can visit for free – it’s on rue de Bac in the 7th).  At Deyrolle you can get really up close and personal.  It’s a little bizarre but is what it is.