History Exhibition
History ExhibitionMaisons-Alfort
Step inside one of France's oldest museums to meet the Enlightenment's most unsettling masterpieces: Honoré Fragonard's preserved "écorchés" (flayed figures), where arteries glow red and veins blue in anatomical tableaux that fascinated 18th-century Europe. Housed within the world's second veterinary school, this cabinet of curiosities holds over 4,000 specimens, from skeletal horses to pathological "monsters," offering a mesmerizing glimpse into the history of science.
Tips
November 5
Step inside a cabinet of curiosities run by veterinarians. The Musée Fragonard holds over 4,000 skeletons and animals suspended in formaldehyde, climaxing with Fragonard's 18th-century anatomical écorchés: flayed horse and human figures that are as artistic as they are unsettling.
Maisons-AlfortOpens Saturday at 2:00 PM
History ExhibitionHistory ExhibitionStep inside one of France's oldest museums to meet the Enlightenment's most unsettling masterpieces: Honoré Fragonard's preserved "écorchés" (flayed figures), where arteries glow red and veins blue in anatomical tableaux that fascinated 18th-century Europe. Housed within the world's second veterinary school, this cabinet of curiosities holds over 4,000 specimens, from skeletal horses to pathological "monsters," offering a mesmerizing glimpse into the history of science.
Tips
November 5
Step inside a cabinet of curiosities run by veterinarians. The Musée Fragonard holds over 4,000 skeletons and animals suspended in formaldehyde, climaxing with Fragonard's 18th-century anatomical écorchés: flayed horse and human figures that are as artistic as they are unsettling.