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Lodève: the museum hosts the exhibition "Meteorites, between sky and earth"

Lodève (Musée de Lodève, square Georges-Auric)

  • Event dates 21 November 2026 – 29 August 2027
  • Place Lodève (Musée de Lodève, square Georges-Auric)
  • Theme Nature
  • Area Salagou & Lodève area
  • Published

From Saturday 21 November 2026 to 29 August 2027, the Musée de Lodève presents "Meteorites, between sky and earth", an exhibition designed by France's National Museum of Natural History and shown for the first time in the south of France. Some forty meteorites from the Museum's collection, including the Orgueil meteorite and the 420 kg Canyon Diablo; visitors can even touch a piece of the Moon and a piece of Mars.

Source : tourisme-lodevois-larzac.fr →

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