After a 12 months of meticulous restoration, the one mounted mammoth in France – and one of many greatest on the earth – is again on the Galerie de Paléontologie (a part of the Pure Historical past Museum) near our inns (lower than 20 minutes away on foot from the Lodge les Dames du Panthéon, for instance).
6 metres lengthy (plus 4 metres of tusks) and weighing ten tons, the mammoth’s restoration was made potential partially via a marketing campaign of crowdfunding, throughout which 2,000 individuals donated almost 200,000€.
The Durfort mammoth (named after the French city close to which it was present in 1869) was transported to the Pure Historical past Museum (in thirty-one bins!) and mounted shortly after the three years of excavation essential to take away it from the bottom.
Nonetheless, after being on present for 150 years, the skeleton was exhibiting its age and positively in want of restoration.
To make sure no a part of this big puzzle had been misplaced, every bone was numbered and consolidated earlier than being unmounted, cleared of mud and guarded, a very troublesome job for an animal with 80kg tusks whose cranium weighs over 100 kilos 😳
You’ll positively really feel reasonably small when seeing the beast up shut, and it’s superb to assume that the southern mammoth‘s origins return over 7 million years!
And also you won’t realise that the specimen displayed is definitely not a completely grown grownup, regardless of its extraordinary measurement.
French audio system can be taught a little bit extra concerning the discovery of this uncommon skeleton in this 7-minute mini-podcast from nationwide radio station France Tradition.
And all the information you want for going to see it ‘within the flesh’ are beneath!
The Durfort mammoth is on present on the Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie comparée (right here)
Open daily besides Tuesdays from 10am-6pm
In case of notably scorching climate, the venue could shut at 2pm, so ensure you go to early
Admission: 10€ / 7€ / free for under-25s (tickets right here)
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🦣 Le mammouth de Durfort est enfin de retour en Galerie de Paléontologie 🥳 ! Après 13 mois de restauration, le célèbre spécimen trône à nouveau au 1er étage du bâtiment, encore plus majestueux qu’avant. Venez l’admirer dès aujourd’hui 👉 https://t.co/C9ip080zUh pic.twitter.com/dl1Nx8ID9M
— Muséum nationwide d’Histoire naturelle (@Le_Museum) June 28, 2023
