Discover the Maison de la nature

You'll need several hours to take in the eight-storey museum. The main building houses the classic themes of natural history, as well as the zoo department.

The dinosaur replicas on display at the entrance to the museum always elicit a few exclamations of surprise from children. The section devoted to the Ice Age, in particular, is astonishing: did you know that many mammoths lived in the Salzburg region 18,000 years ago, and that the glaciers had profoundly transformed the topography of the area?

The second most important part of the museum is the Science Centre, which is located just after the glass staircase. This is the most interactive part of the Maison de la Nature, with numerous scientific experiments on physics, mechanics and aeronautics.

The museum's permanent exhibition, devoted to the human body, is also well worth a visit: for example, you can learn how sight, hearing and smell work. Huge scale models give you a better understanding of our anatomy. You can literally walk inside a human body!

The highlight of the Maison de la Nature is its aquarium! With 38 display tanks, it features a wide variety of species from tropical coral reefs, the Mediterranean, the waters of Africa, South America, South-East Asia and local rivers and lakes. The natural habitats of each species have been reproduced as faithfully as possible, in order to preserve them as much as possible, as they are often threatened with extinction.