Paleoecological museum of Cerin
Description
Housed in the former wash house of the village of Cerin this museum displays the fossils of the fish and reptiles that inhabited a tropical lake that existed here 140 million years ago. A pedestrian path goes to the quarry.
Founded in 1986 the Cerin Museum was the first paleoecological museum to be open in France. The museum exhibits amazing fossils of animals, plant and marine life that lived in and around a tropical lake that existed in present day Bugey 140 million years ago.
Technical information
01680 Marchamp
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Date and time
- From 15/04/2024 to 30/06/2024
- From 01/07/2024 to 31/08/2024
- From 01/09/2024 to 30/09/2024
Additional information
Contact
Phone : 07 65 55 62 99
Email : contact@museedecerin.com
Website : www.museedecerin.com/
Facebook : www.facebook.com/museedecerinmarchamp/
Open period
From 15/04 to 30/04
Opening hours on Sunday between 2.30 pm and 6.30 pm.
From 01/07 to 31/08
Opening hours daily between 2.30 pm and 6.30 pm.
From 01/09 to 15/10
Opening hours on Sunday between 2.30 pm and 6.30 pm.
Canceled or closed because of Covid-19.
Updated by
Pérouges Bugey Tourisme - 16/03/2024
www.perouges-bugey-tourisme.com
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Price(s)
Reduced price: from 1.50 €
Adult: 3.50 €
Child: 2 €
Student: 2 €
Group adults: from 2.50 €
Group children: from 1.50 €.
Free entry for children
Group rate available for > 10 people.
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