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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:	Neptunia (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.