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Lyon’s Natural History Museum

By Linda Tancs

At the confluence of the Rhône and the Saône, Lyon’s Musée des Confluences is a futuristic-styled museum that tells the story of Earth, humanity, history and geography from a variety of scientific, technical and cultural perspectives. Touted as a “landscape building” for its unique merger with nature, it received the designation “Musée de France” from the Ministry of Culture and Communication. The facility boasts nearly 3.5 million objects and specimens in the fields of natural sciences, human sciences, science and technology. You can get there easily via the tram T1, Musée des Confluences stop.