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About Museum of Natural History of Tours
The Museum of Natural History of Tours is located in the city of Tours, in the Loire Valley region of France. The museum was founded in 1844 and is one of the oldest natural history museums in France. The museum's collection includes over 1.5 million specimens, including fossils, minerals, plants, and animals. The museum is divided into several sections, including geology, paleontology, botany, and zoology. The paleontology section includes a collection of dinosaur skeletons, including a complete skeleton of a Diplodocus longus. The botany section includes a herbarium with over 750,000 plant specimens, and the zoology section includes a collection of over 1,000 stuffed animals. In addition to its permanent collection, the museum also hosts temporary exhibitions and educational programs for children and adults. The museum's mission is to promote the understanding and appreciation of the natural world, and to encourage the conservation of biodiversity.
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