History Exhibition
History ExhibitionMarion Tp
Les Baumettes
A zoologist's final resting place with unexpected artistic credentials: Fortuné Marion ran Marseille's Natural History Museum and counted Émile Zola and Paul Cézanne among his close friends.
Zoologist memorial
Cézanne connection
Literary history
19th century science
Tips
🎨Cézanne painted Marion's portrait in the 1870s
🪦Saint-Pierre is one of Marseille's oldest cemeteries
Marion Tp
Les BaumettesOpens Friday at 9:30 AM
History ExhibitionHistory ExhibitionA zoologist's final resting place with unexpected artistic credentials: Fortuné Marion ran Marseille's Natural History Museum and counted Émile Zola and Paul Cézanne among his close friends.
Zoologist memorial
Cézanne connection
Literary history
19th century science
Tips
🎨Cézanne painted Marion's portrait in the 1870s
🪦Saint-Pierre is one of Marseille's oldest cemeteries