Grand Gallery of evolution - is part of the National Museum of Natural History, but part of a completely independent and very interesting. It is situated on the territory of the Parisian garden plants.

Galleries evolutionary predecessor was Zoological Gallery, which the architect Jules Andre built in 1899. In 1994 the building was reconstructed - it is now a six thousand square meters of exhibition space. Here are seven thousand exhibits. The meeting, to reconstruct the history of evolution of living beings since the origin of life on Earth - one of the largest in the world.

These huge space - a huge magnet for children who like to treat animals. In the Great Hall of the gallery visitor immediately encounters a grand "procession": stuffed placed as if the animals - from small predators to lions, giraffes and elephants - a herd moving along the path of evolution. Excellent color reproduction, muscle tension, dynamic poses. Specialists Gallery emphasize the accuracy of color and texture. For example, in 2008 New Zealand presented to the French giant squid length of 6, 5 meters - experts have managed to keep the carcass, squid looks at the visitors just like a living (though eye-it had just artificial).

The entire collection of the gallery is divided into three main themes: the diversity of the living world, human influence on the natural environment and the evolution of life. Only one section of the diversity of the living world here takes two floors, the first is dedicated to the inhabitants of the sea, the second - living organisms sushi. In the section devoted to the influence of man on the living organisms can be traced, how to develop hunting, fishing and the domestication of animals occurred as the colonization of the planet by man. Finally, on the fourth floor exhibits tell about the major milestones of evolution, about the achievements of genetics of modern views on the evolution of life.

There is room in the Gallery and endangered animals listed in the Red Book. In the Hall of discovery has many interactive games and models to help children better understand the heard and seen.