Explore the collections
Welcome to the Musée des Confluences Collections and Archives online!
The museum is actively working on uploading new entries in order to gradually present all the objects and archives in its collection.
Presentation
The Musée des Confluences Collections and Archives online gives you access to some of the 3.5 million objects, specimens and archive documents preserved at the museum.
The information in the database reflects the museum’s current knowledge about the objects and archives, and is updated on a regular basis.
We invite you to read the museum’s online publication policy for more information.
Visit the Musée des Confluences’ website for more information on the history of the collections and archives.
Let yourself be surprised
Wander through our collections
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The Creation of the World -
Krôkrôkti headdress -
Kavat mask -
Painted wooden ceremonial chair -
Amar Singh Puppet -
Print by Koson Ohara -
Necklace from the Cagnano Necropolis -
Sarcophagus statue of the falcon representing Horus -
Choulans Mammoth on its pedestal (drawing by Anne-Marie Bernay) -
Moitessieria (drawing by Georges Edouard Coutagne) -
Roger Caillois’ Academician’s Sword -
Huygens’ Simple Microscope -
Lamprima adolphinae -
West African giraffe -
Guaruba guarouba -
Siderite IIIAB meteorite - Cape York, Agpalilik
Browse by field
Invertebrates
Insects, molluscs and spiders seen up close.
Vertebrates
Animals with fur, feathers or covered in scales.
Paleontology
Fossils, witnesses of times.
Mineralogy
Rocks, minerals and gems of all colours.
Archeology
Humanity’s first steps on Earth, thanks to tools and objects left behind throughout the ages.
Egyptology
Mummies, funerary objects and everyday objects from Ancient and Predynastic Egypt.
Ethnology
Diverse cultural practices across time and around the world.