Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Paris · Landmark

In France, the National Museum of Natural History is the national natural history museum of France and a grand établissement of higher education part of Sorbonne University. The main museum, with four galleries, is located in Paris, France, within the Jardin des Plantes on the left bank of the River Seine. It was formally founded in 1793, during the French Revolution, but was begun even earlier in 1635 as the royal garden of medicinal plants.

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Country: Paris · Landmark
Latitude: 48.84° N
Longitude: 2.36° E

Which way is Muséum national d'histoire naturelle from…

From London, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle lies at 148° to the south-east, 345 km as the crow flies.

London	148° south-east	345 km
New York	54° north-east	5,838 km
Madrid	25° north-east	1,052 km
Rome	318° north-west	1,104 km
Montreal	57° north-east	5,506 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	328° north-west	9,363 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Inside the Jardin des Plantes, the Natural History Museum lies south of Notre-Dame: aim at 159°, 1.3 km away. From the Panthéon, turn south-east, to 121°, 0.9 km. From the Montparnasse Tower it is due east, at 90°, 2.5 km off, and from the Grand Mosque of Paris, its neighbour 0.1 km away, aim north-east, at 67°.