Naval Medical School

In the purpose of ensuring comfortable and safe conditions, you need to respect sanitary measures when visiting.

Like no other in France, the Naval Medical School was founded in 1722. At the time, it was the first in the world. For more than 240 years, the Naval Medical School of Rochefort has trained surgeons for duty on warships.
The professional of Health who were trained here actively participate in exploration trips around the world. Then, the collections of human anatomy, ethnography and natural history, as well as the library, increased.

Today, the Naval Medical School of Rochefort looks like the way it did in the middle of the 19th Century. Powerful and stirring place, it offers a trip in the core of Science to experience and to understand the knowledge of our time.

Site ranked 1 star in the Michelin Green Guide in 2021.

The site can only be visited on a guided tour by reservation.

- Full price ticket which is paired with the Marine and the Naval Medical School :
Adult 15€
- Reduced price ticket (Rochefort Ocean Privilege Card, large family...) which is paired with the Marine and the Naval Medical School : 12€50

The site is closed on 1st of May, the 25th of December and the 1st of January.

Holdiay vouchers and culture vouchers are accepted.

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