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Science Exhibition

Fragonard Museum

Opens Thursday at 2:00 PM

Maisons-Alfort

🦴"One of a kind, mesmerizing museum" — well worth the trip from central Paris
🧪"The models have a true artistic quality to them" — fans of natural history will love it
🔊English audio guide included with your ticket

Peer into the bizarre world of 18th-century anatomy at this veterinary school museum, where thousands of skeletons and dissected specimens culminate in Honoré Fragonard's hauntingly preserved "écorchés" (flayed figures). The models straddle science and art, beautiful and disturbing in equal measure, offering a window into Enlightenment-era medicine that still shocks today.

Natural history museum
Cabinet of curiosities
18th-century science
Veterinary heritage
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Upcoming events at Fragonard Museum

Thursday, Nov 5
Visite guidée du Musée Fragonard

Visite guidée du Musée Fragonard

November 5

Maisons-Alfort

Macabre anatomical wonders

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  • Natural history museum
  • Cabinet of curiosities
  • 18th-century science
  • Veterinary heritage
  • Maisons-Alfort

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