Africa on the island of Aix: The creator of this museum, Baron Napoléon Gourgaud (1881-1944), a hunting enthusiast in Africa, was passionate about ethnography and natural sciences. In this museum, numerous collections of trophies, sculptures and ethnographic objects that the baron brought back from his multiple expeditions in Southern and Eastern Africa and his animal dioramas representing the African fauna made by the London taxidermist Rowland Ward.
Last admission 45 minutes before each...
Africa on the island of Aix: The creator of this museum, Baron Napoléon Gourgaud (1881-1944), a hunting enthusiast in Africa, was passionate about ethnography and natural sciences. In this museum, numerous collections of trophies, sculptures and ethnographic objects that the baron brought back from his multiple expeditions in Southern and Eastern Africa and his animal dioramas representing the African fauna made by the London taxidermist Rowland Ward.
Last admission 45 minutes before each closing.