National Museum of Natural History
(+33) 1 40 79
Prof. Michel Guiraud, Director of Collections, Mineralogy, mguiraud@mnhn.fr
Prof. Thierry Bourgoin
Vanessa Demanoff/ Administrative officer, Europe
Virginie Bouetel/ Administrative officer, Synthesys
Dr Bruno DAVID, president, Marine biologist and palaeontologist
Permanent (P) | Non – Permanent (NP) | |
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a) TOTAL scientific staff | 372 | 172 |
b) Scientific staff linked to Collections | 50 | |
c) Post-docs / PhD students | 160 | |
d) Others (Associates, etc.) | 407 | |
TOTAL (a+b+c+d) | 779 | 332 |
Permanent (P) | Non – Permanent (NP) | |
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e) Exhibitions | 324 | 128 |
f) Collection Managers / technicians | 170 | 25 |
g) Others | 408 | |
TOTAL (e+f+g) | 902 | 153 |
- CT SCAN
- 3D scan .
- SEM microscopes
- Karyotyping FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) imaging workstations
- MORPHOMETRY LABORATORY
- MINERALOGY ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT (Variable Pressure Scanning Electron Microscope, Electronic microprobes SX50 and SX 100 Cameca and Raman microprobe)
- MOLECULAR SYSTEMATIC LABORATORIES (2 LABS.) - - Special safe room for ancient DNA extraction and PCR preparation
New Caledonia, French Guiana, Cameroon (western Africa), Madagascar and Mascarene Islands, South-East Asia (Laos and Vietnam), Arctic and Antarctic fossil and Recent faunas and floras, Clipperton Island and Santo (Philippines islands)..
- Andansonia (http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/adansonia)
- Anthropozoologica (http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/anthropozoologica)
- Geodiversitas (http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas)
- Zoosystema (http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema)
- European Joournal of Taxonomy (continuous publication of articles, http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/index)
- Naturae (continuous publication of articles, http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/naturae)
Typology | Primary types | Individual specimens/objects | % registered cards | % recorded cards in database | |
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1.1 | Palaeontology | 78066 | 5019000 | 5 | |
1.2 | Mineralogy | 340 | 130000 | 90 | |
1.3 | Geology | 2838 | 632000 | 83 | |
1.4 | Anthropology | 110000 | 27 | ||
1.5 | Prehistory | 865000 | 7 |
Typology | Primary types | Individual specimens/objects | % registered cards | % recorded cards in databse | |
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2.1 | Botany | 286578 | 7775000 | ||
2.2 | Zoology | 423715 | 50216364 |
We hold a large collection on Prehistory.
- Type(s) of objects: monographs, journals
- No. of objects (of each type): 584500, 31839
36000 maps, 150000 photos, 42942 artistic items
Living mycology 3844
Citizen science and school children involvment (http://lesherbonautes.mnhn.fr, http://vigienature.mnhn.fr/presentation and http://www.vigienature-ecole.fr)

Isabelle Tillier; isabelle.tillier@mnhn.fr
increasing
Taxidermy
MNHN staff teaches at Paris VI University (http://www.sorbonne-universites.fr/) at master’s level (343 first grade, 168 master students) and secondary teachers training (2000 trainees)
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Digitization
Virtual collections
Citizen science
increase awareness to biodiversity
widening users of collections
national network of collections