So focused on local history, our museums can fill you in not just on the traditions and customs of the area but also it’s flora and fauna too. By gum, what are all these sharks’s teeth around the place? Find out why they’re there !

Museum of Savignéen - CRT Centre Val de Loire - EN

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Museum of Savignéen

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The "Sea of Faluns'" museum and its collection of marine and land fossils. It features the life in past times, costumes, old tools… Audio-guided visits.

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Group rate + 10 persons
Child rate 7 to 16 yo
Free rate - 7 yo

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Descriptif du centre d'interprétation
The museum is housed in a fine XVIIIth-century building. Since 1974 it has been home to a collection of marine (coral, mollusc shells, sharks' teeth, urchins etc.) and land (teeth from rhinoceros, mastodons, monkeys, crocodiles...) fossils. They were excavated from the crushed-shell sand soil known a 'falun', having been deposited in the 'Faluns Sea' which covered the Touraine region some 15 million years ago. The museum also offers a glimpse at the everyday life of our not-so-distant ancestors, with clothes and tools along with a fine collection of Langeais porcelain.
Descriptif du parc et jardin
The museum is housed in a fine XVIIIth-century building. Since 1974 it has been home to a collection of marine (coral, mollusc shells, sharks' teeth, urchins etc.) and land (teeth from rhinoceros, mastodons, monkeys, crocodiles...) fossils. They were excavated from the crushed-shell sand soil known a 'falun', having been deposited in the 'Faluns Sea' which covered the Touraine region some 15 million years ago. The museum also offers a glimpse at the everyday life of our not-so-distant ancestors, with clothes and tools along with a fine collection of Langeais porcelain.
Descriptif du musée
The museum is housed in a fine XVIIIth-century building. Since 1974 it has been home to a collection of marine (coral, mollusc shells, sharks' teeth, urchins etc.) and land (teeth from rhinoceros, mastodons, monkeys, crocodiles...) fossils. They were excavated from the crushed-shell sand soil known a 'falun', having been deposited in the 'Faluns Sea' which covered the Touraine region some 15 million years ago. The museum also offers a glimpse at the everyday life of our not-so-distant ancestors, with clothes and tools along with a fine collection of Langeais porcelain.
Descriptif du site et monument historique
The museum is housed in a fine XVIIIth-century building. Since 1974 it has been home to a collection of marine (coral, mollusc shells, sharks' teeth, urchins etc.) and land (teeth from rhinoceros, mastodons, monkeys, crocodiles...) fossils. They were excavated from the crushed-shell sand soil known a 'falun', having been deposited in the 'Faluns Sea' which covered the Touraine region some 15 million years ago. The museum also offers a glimpse at the everyday life of our not-so-distant ancestors, with clothes and tools along with a fine collection of Langeais porcelain.