Strange Creatures at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco Jacques Cousteau Museum

by Wayne Moran

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Strange Creatures at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco Jacques Cousteau Museum

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Wayne Moran

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Photograph - Fine Art Photography

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Oceanographic Museum of Monaco Jacques Cousteau Museum

The Oceanographic Museum (Musée océanographique) is a museum of marine sciences in Monaco-Ville, Monaco. It is home to the Mediterranean Science Commission. This building is part of the Oceanographic Institute which is committed to sharing its knowledge of the oceans

The Oceanographic Museum was inaugurated in 1910 by Monaco's modernist reformer, Prince Albert I. Jacques-Yves Cousteau was director from 1957 to 1988. The Museum celebrated its centenary in March 2010, after extensive renovations.

The museum is home to exhibitions and collections of various species of sea fauna (starfish, seahorses, turtles, jellyfish, crabs, lobsters, rays, sharks, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, eels, cuttlefish etc.). The museum's holdings also include a great variety of sea related objects, including model ships, sea animal skeletons, tools, weapons etc., as well as a collection of material culture and ritual objects made from, or integrating materials such as pearls, molluscs and nacre

Read more: https://waynemoranphotography.com/blog/top-5-best-places-to-visit-in-monaco-in-2021/

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March 16th, 2019

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