The Savoy Natural History Society was founded in 1844 under the leadership of the Marquis Costa de Beauregard and a few notables from Savoy who were keen on natural sciences. Two years later, the King of Piedmont-Sardinia, Charles Albert, bequeathed to the young society the lower part of the gardens of the Château de Chambéry and the gardener’s house with the aim of creating a botanical garden and a natural history museum. While the garden was inaugurated in 1847, it was not until 1851 for the first opening of the Museum to the public.
This then includes two rooms: a geology room on the ground floor and a zoology room upstairs. The furniture in this last room has remained the same since the opening; it is the historic heart of the Museum and the Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Savoie.
After many ups and downs and a few periods of closure, the last from 2007 to 2012, the Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Savoie is continuing the role it has given itself and continues to open its Museum to the public today.
You can visit a geology room on the ground floor and a zoology room upstairs. The furniture of this last room has remained the same since the opening, it is the historic heart of the Museum and the Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Savoie.After many ups and downs and a few periods of closure, the last from 2007 to 2012, the Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Savoie is continuing its role and continues to open its Museum to the public today.
The great men who allowed this museum to exist:
Costa de Beauregard
Jean-Baptiste Bailly
Mouxy de Loche
