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Musee de l'Homme
| Website: | www.paris.org/Musees/Homme/ |
| Address: | Palais de Chaillot, 17 Place du Trocadero, F-75116 Paris |
| Telephone: | +33-1-45-53-70-60 |
| Year of foundation: | 1878 |
| Collections: | Substantial holdings relating to Arctic native peoples. Three departments currently work in the Arctic: Laboratoire d'anthropologie biologique, Laboratoire d'Ethnologie, and Laboratoire de Prehistorie. Library. |
Musee de la Marine
| Website: | www.paris.org/Musees/Marine/ |
| Address: | Palais de Chaillot, 17 Place du Trocadero et du 11 novembre, F-75116 Paris |
| Telephone: | +33-1-45-53-31-70 |
| Fax: | +33-1-47-27-49-67 |
| Year of foundation: | 1827 [collection begun in 1748] |
| Collections: | Some whaling artefacts and material from Nansen's and Charcot's expeditions. Library with polar and whaling material. Also operates satellite museums on the coast at Brest, Port-Louis, Rochefort, Toulon, La Seyne-sur-Mer, La Tour Royale, Saint-Tropez and Nice |
| Publications: | <em>Neptunia</em> (1946-, 3pa) |
Musee de la Mer
| Address: | Esplanade du Rocher-de-la-Vierge, PO Box 89, F-64200 Biarritz |
| Year of foundation: | 1933 |
| Collections: | Artefacts relating to Arctic whaling and to the Antarctic and Greenland expeditions of J.B. Charcot. |