The paleontology agenda

Fossilization is a very selective phenomenon. Indeed, out of all the living beings that have lived on Earth, very few of them reach us in the form of fossils. The nature of their morphology, their composition, the environment in which the organism lives are determining factors for their possible preservation.
This exhibition ...

February 10November 3
Paléospace - Musée de FranceVILLERS-SUR-MER

Temporary exhibition: "Collection treasures: exceptional fossilizations".

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Visitors are plunged into the world of dinosaurs, these large terrestrial reptiles whose fossils have been found in the rocks of Normandy. Learn to recognize them, discover their characteristics, their way of life, why they disappeared, do they have descendants ... so many questions that will be answered during this visit ...

March 23rd
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  • March 23rd
  • March 30
  • April 6
  • April 13
  • April 20
  • April 27
  • May 4
  • May 11
  • May 18
  • May 25
  • June 1
  • June 8
  • June 15
  • June 22
  • June 29
  • July 6
  • July 9th
  • July 13
  • July 16
  • July 20
  • July 23
  • July 27
  • July 30
  • August 3
  • August 6
  • August 10
  • August 13
  • August 17
  • August 20
  • August 24
  • August 27
  • August 31
  • September 7
  • September 14
  • September 21
  • September 28
  • October 5
  • October 12
  • October 19th
  • October 26
  • November 2
  • November 9
  • November 16
  • November 23
  • November 30
  • December 7
  • December 14
  • December 21
  • December 28
  • January 4
VILLERS-SUR-MER

Guided tour: Dinosaurs

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The paleontological site of the Falaises des Vaches Noires bears witness to an era in the Earth's history: the Jurassic. Formed by the accumulation of sediments deposited by the tropical sea that covered Normandy at the time, the cliffs now contain fossils of ammonites, sea urchins and nautiluses, as well as plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs...
A b...

March 23rd
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  • March 23rd
    15:0016:30
  • April 6
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  • April 20
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  • May 5
    14:0015:30
  • May 8th
    16:3018:00
  • June 22
    16:0017:30
  • July 15
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  • July 19
    14:0015:30
  • July 27
    10:0011:30
  • July 29
    11:0012:30
  • August 1
    14:0015:30
  • August 5
    16:3018:00
  • August 14
    11:0012:30
  • August 18
    15:0016:30
  • August 20
    17:0018:30
  • August 26
    10:0011:30
  • August 28
    11:0012:30
  • September 1
    16:0017:30
  • September 14
    14:0015:30
  • September 28
    14:0015:30
Departure in front of Villers TourismeVILLERS-SUR-MER

Guided tour: the Vaches noires cliffs

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The Paleospace presents a rich collection of fossils from the cliffs of the Vaches Noires located at the edge of the beach of Villers-sur-Mer. These fossils testify to a bygone era when huge marine reptiles hunted crocodiles and ammonites in a warm sea. With one of the mediators of the museum, the visitor discovers this Jurassic world...

March 24
Upcoming dates
  • March 24
  • March 31stApril 1
  • April 7thApril 12th
  • April 15thApril 19th
  • April 21stApril 26th
  • April 29thMay 3rd
  • May 5
  • May 8thMay 10th
  • May 12
  • May 19thMay 20
  • May 26
  • June 2
  • June 9
  • June 16
  • June 23
  • June 30
  • July 7thJuly 12th
  • July 15thJuly 19th
  • July 21stJuly 26th
  • July 29thAugust 2nd
  • August 4thAugust 9th
  • August 12thAugust 16th
  • August 18thAugust 23rd
  • August 26thAugust 30th
  • September 1
  • September 8
  • September 15
  • September 22
  • September 29
  • October 6
  • October 13
  • October 20thOctober 25th
  • October 27thNovember 1
  • November 3
  • November 10
  • November 17
  • November 24
  • December 1
  • December 8
  • December 15
  • December 22ndDecember 24th
  • December 26thDecember 27
  • December 29thDecember 31st
  • January 2ndjanuary 3
  • January 5
VILLERS-SUR-MER

Guided tour: Jurassic Odyssey

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What is the purpose of this imaginary line running through Villers-sur-Mer, and how does it relate to time and celestial movements? A visit in two parts: in the planetarium, to understand celestial movements, in particular those of the sun, then in the meridian room, to observe and handle ancient time-measuring instruments (astrola...

April 15
Upcoming dates
  • April 15
  • May 10
  • May 20
  • July 22
  • August 9
  • August 11
  • August 16
VILLERS-SUR-MER

Guided tour: Greenwich Experience (+10 years)

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Children will discover fossils of all sizes. They'll learn about binocular microfossils, Jurassic fish, fossil plants, fossils and the environment, and birds, descendants of dinosaurs.

Monday: Jurassic and Cretaceous fish
Children discover...

April 15thApril 19th
Upcoming dates
  • April 15thApril 19th
  • April 29thMay 3rd
VILLERS-SUR-MER

Fossils of all sizes" workshop (5-10 years)

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On the occasion of Museum Night, the Paléospace opens its doors free of charge from 7pm to 10pm.

Ideally located on the marsh, close to the beach and the Vaches Noires cliffs, Villers-sur-Mer's Paléospace is an atypical museum that takes you back to the Jurassic era, 160 million years ago, when a warm sea...

May 18
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Paléospace - Musée de FranceVILLERS-SUR-MER

Museum Night at Paléospace

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Discover fossils by creating paleontological board games to take home!

Monday: "Who is a dino?
What is a dinosaur? How do we recognize them? We'll answer these questions by making a little "Who is it?" game about dinosaurs.

Tuesday: "Fossil Memory
From the first fossils dated...

July 8thJuly 12th
Upcoming dates
  • July 8thJuly 12th
  • July 22ndJuly 26th
  • August 5thAugust 9th
  • August 19thAugust 23rd
VILLERS-SUR-MER

Who wants to play dinos?" workshop (5-10 years)

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Professor Clay's latest discovery is hidden in his office. You have one hour to find it. Through investigations and puzzles, retrace the history of vertebrates and their conquests. You'll be able to uncover the secrets of this mysterious fossil.
For children aged 10 and over.

July 17
Upcoming dates
  • July 17
  • July 31
  • August 14
  • August 28
VILLERS-SUR-MER

Os'cape game paleontologue" workshop (+10 years)

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De Villers-sur-Mer à Houlgate (6 km / 4h), empruntez la plage et découvrez le panorama des falaises des Vaches noires, paysage unique sur le littoral français, qui témoigne d’une époque de l’histoire de la Terre : le Jurassique. Formée par l’accumulation de sédiments déposés par la mer tropicale qui couvrait alors la Normandie, on y trouve aujourd’...

July 18
14:0018:00
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  • July 18
    14:0018:00
  • July 31
    13:3017:30
  • August 16
    13:3017:30
  • August 30
    14:0018:00
In front of Villers-sur-Mer TourismVILLERS-SUR-MER

Nature walk: crossing the Vaches noires cliffs

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Workshops to learn, have fun and scare yourself (a little).

Monday: Dino mask
Who's behind the dinosaurs? A workshop to find out who they were and what they might have looked like. Make a dinosaur mask.

Tuesday: Skeleton
Identify the particularities of dinosaur skeletons and recognize them thanks to a...

October 21stOctober 25th
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  • October 21stOctober 25th
  • October 28thNovember 1
VILLERS-SUR-MER

Halloween Animals" workshop (5-10 years)

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Découvrir les fossiles normands et surtout ce qu’ils peuvent nous apprendre sur la faune jurassique. Après l'atelier, les enfants peuvent repartir avec leur carnet de découverte ou un moulage de fossile.

Lundi : Ammonites et Compagnie
Découverte des céphalopodes, ces curieux animaux qui possèdent des ventouses.

Mardi : Les dinosaures de Normandie...

23 décembre27 décembre
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  • 23 décembre27 décembre
  • 30 décembre3 janvier
VILLERS-SUR-MER

Frosted Dinos" workshop (ages 5-10)

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