Victor Brun Natural History Museum

A little history

The museum presents an important collection of birds, mammals, fossils from the phosphorites of Quercy (Lot) and a fragment of the famous Meteorite of Orgueil which fell near Montauban in 1864.

The tour of the wonders of nature ends with the very beautiful and rich collections of primates, shells and insects.

Curious little ones, pay attention to the slideshows that present you the fauna of the Tarn-et-Garonne and the environment in which it evolves. Your next walks will have no more mysteries for you!

Did you know that?

Located today in the former palace of the Cour des aides, the project of the Muséum Victor Brun hatched in 1852, under the will of the members of the Société des Sciences (Agriculture et Belles Lettres du Tarn-et-Garonne), wishing to make their private collections available to the people of Montalban.

Appointed curator in 1857, Victor Brun was naturalist, but also a member of the Society and the holder of most of the collection that makes up the Museum.

New arrival at the museumThe bear Nénette

As of April 2021, the Victor Brun Museum has a new resident! This beautiful brown bear has naturally found her place within the museum’s osteological collections. To celebrate the arrival of Nénette, the museum’s programming this year will revolve around bears.

Until November 28, the exhibition “L’ours, toute une histoire” (The bear, a whole history), on loan from the Bayonne Museum, will introduce visitors to the ursid family, which includes 8 species, including the Panda and the polar bear, but also to the traditions and myths born of the special bond that bears have forged with humans over time.

Practical information