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# Grandes Serres du Jardin des Plantes

Open every day, except Tuesdays

Nature shows its creativity... From primitive aquatic plants that have conquered the earth to desert-resistant plants. Go deep into the heart of a fabulously vital flora in the large greenhouses. Back to the beginning... of Man!

Opening hours

From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Last entry: 1 hour before closing.

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## Opening hours - Grandes Serres du Jardin des Plantes

Closed December 25 and January 1.

In case of bad weather or very high temperatures, les Grandes Serres may be partially or totally closed to the public.

Public

Mobilité réduite

For people with motor disabilities

All audiences

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## Public - Grandes Serres du Jardin des Plantes

Mobilité réduite

For people with motor disabilities

All audiences

A damaged external lift means that les Grandes Serres are temporarily inaccessible to wheelchair users.

Access

57 rue Cuvier

75005 Paris

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## Access - Grandes Serres du Jardin des Plantes

### By bus

Lines 24, 57, 61, 63, 67, 89, 91

### By boat shuttle

Stop Jardin des Plantes

### By metro or RER

Line 5 Gare d'Austerlitz, Line 7 Censier Daubenton, Line 10 Jussieu or Gare d'Austerlitz, RER C Gare d'Austerlitz

### By train

Gare d'Austerlitz and Gare de Lyon

Prices

From 7 to €9

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## Prices - Grandes Serres du Jardin des Plantes

### Online ticketing

Or ticket purchase on site, subject to availability.

### Full price — €9

### Reduced rate— €7

- Young people under 25 years old who are EU residents, on presentation of proof of details.
- Education Pass holder.
- Visitor holding a full-price ticket which is less than 3 months old from another site of the Jardin des Plantes, the Musée de l'Homme or the Parc zoologique de Paris.
- All full-price paying visitors in a non-school and non-assimilated group of 20 people or more (reservation obligatory, 1 free admission for every 20 paying visitors).

### Family pass— €28

- Valid for 2 adults over 25 and 2 young people between 3 and 25 on presentation of proof of age or photo ID.
- Additional young person: €5 (within the limit of 1 additional young person per family pass).

### Free of charge

- Children under 3 years of age on presentation of proof of age.
- Disabled person and their companion on presentation of a valid document issued by the Maisons Départementales des Personnes Handicapées (MDPH).
- Welfare recipients (as defined by the Ministry of Solidarity and Health), and dependents as stated on the certificate, on presentation of the valid certificate and photo ID.
- Holders of any valid membership pass: Jardin des Plantes Pass, Museum Pass, Museum Annual Pass on presentation of photo ID.
- Museum PASS holder for the current year on presentation of photo ID.
- Museum student on presentation of a valid student card and photo ID.
- ICOM/ICOMOS cards from the current year and presentation of an identity card with photo.
- Teachers preparing their self-guided tour on presentation of proof of their establishment or their guided tour or a workshop on presentation of their booking.
- French or foreign journalist on presentation of press card (with validity date).
- Military personnel holding the “carte sentinelle” military ID card.
- 1 accompanying person for a group of more than 20 people (driver...).
- Group of people in training accompanied by a member of the Museum staff as part of a DIREF training course.
- Holder of a valid Garden Day Pass.
- Jobseeker on presentation of a valid or less than 6 month-old certificate issued by Pôle-Emploi and photo ID.

### Renseignements

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Vidéo aérienne de la Serre des forêts tropicales humides du Jardin des Plantes tournée depuis un drone
© Adronalineprod

## Nature often shifts

One enters almost respectfully through an art deco peristyle reminiscent of a cathedral. And for good reason... the tropical rainforests, which are the focus of the first greenhouse, are sanctuaries of biodiversity, where a single hectare can be home to several hundred species of trees. From Africa, America and even South-East Asia, the plants form a sublime jungle. Walk between banana trees, lianas, ferns and orchids, climb the rock to enjoy the panorama of the greenhouse, discover the adaptations and functions of plant species.

## Fertile imagination

In the long, adjoining gallery, the heat is that of deserts and arid environments (United States, Mexico, Sahara, Australia...). For the flora, this is the time to be creative! In order to withstand the dryness, everything is possible: burying themselves like rock plants, storing water in tissues like cacti, going dormant in seeds during dry periods... This necessity also creates strange silhouettes - like the ball, perfect for saving water -, sometimes covered with spines or hair. Some plants are even fire-resistant!

Photo d'un cactus vu de très près
Serre des déserts et milieux arides - Jardin des Plantes
© MNHN - F.-G. Grandin

## A natural Eldorado

Next stop: New Caledonia! This archipelago in Oceania deserved a dedicated greenhouse. In these lands, which have long been isolated, plants have become extremely specialised: 76% of the species exist nowhere else! This specificity is a source of delight for scientists...and visitors to the Museum. The greenhouse presents this flora in all its diversity, through five environments: the rain forest, the dry forest, the mining maquis, the savannah and the mangrove. This is an opportunity to admire majestic local tree ferns or endemic species that have become rare in the wild.

## Our friends the plants

All these buildings, classified as historic monuments, were renovated between 2005 and 2010, during an unprecedented project. The aim? To restore their original appearance and preserve their magic, while modernising their operation. Four greenhouses are now open to the public, instead of two. Thanks to redesigned staging, they convey an essential message: no human life without flora. But we must preserve all the plant diversity. Easier said than done? Every journey begins with a first step. Take that step...

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57 rue Cuvier

75005 Paris

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