Deyrolle, 46 rue du Bac: the 7th arrondissement's cabinet of curiosities, hours and access

What Deyrolle is

Deyrolle is first and foremost a commercial house, not a museum: almost everything you see is for sale. The house settled at 46 rue du Bac in 1888, after its beginnings on the Right Bank. It is often described as the last cabinet of curiosities open to the public in Paris, and that is indeed the impression you leave with.

What you will find, section by section: entomology (butterflies and beetles under glass), taxidermy, the famous educational wall charts, shells and corals, mineralogy and fossils, globes, and a bookshop. The house also creates bespoke cabinets of curiosities and rents out specimens, for film or decoration.

Hours and access

Deyrolle opens Monday to Saturday, from 10am to 7pm. Sunday is not included in its hours: do not plan to visit on that day.

• Address: 46 rue du Bac, 75007 Paris
• Metro: Rue du Bac, line 12
• Bus: lines 68, 69, 83, 84 and 94, Rue du Bac stop
• Phone: 01 42 22 30 07

Our tip

We readily recommend it to families and lovers of beautiful objects, even without any intention to buy. Allow half an hour, more if you let yourself be drawn in by the insect drawers. Deyrolle fits naturally into a Left Bank afternoon: we often place it in our Saint-Germain-des-Prés walk, before the shops and cafés.

The educational wall charts and the bookshop's works also make a Paris souvenir that travels well in a suitcase.