It is estimated that 869 species have become extinct in the last 500 years. Nearly 20,000 are now considered threatened with extinction. Why are so many species disappearing so quickly? Which are the most vulnerable? What mechanisms are causing these disappearances? What are we doing to avoid them?
The museum has a small but beautiful collection of extinct animals that was removed from the exhibition some 20 years ago for conservation reasons. We have decided to exhibit this collection, not only in ideal conditions for these valuable objects, but in a current scientific context, aiming to explain by example certain mechanisms at the origin of the disappearance of species.
This new exhibition space addresses topics such as the conservation efforts undertaken at the local, national or global level, or the 6th extinction.