If any day belonged to Scott, this was the day. Two museums. Both dedicated to science and evolution.
The Gallery of Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, located directly across from our hotel in the Jardin des Plantes, held the most grotesquely beautiful displays. I wasn't too interested in the old fossils and skeletons displayed. I've seen these things before. What I did find captivating in a kind of horrifying but educational way, was the shelves of jars placed in cases along the walls of the museum. Thanks to the many mammals, birds, and reptiles who gave their lives to further science research in the late 1800s (maybe even earlier), bits and pieces of their insides will be forever preserved and will continue educating future generations to come.
The Grand Gallery of Evolution, also located in the Jardin de Plantes, was an amazingly large museum that held displays of how living organisms have evolved through time. It was pretty cool, since for the past two years, in celebration of Darwin's birthday, we had been attending Cooking the Tree of Life at the New York State museum in Albany, and the end of the museum held a display of Darwin's work. Neat-o.
"Galerie d'Anatomie comparée et de Paléontologie"
"Grande Galerie de l'Évolution"
