The Jardin des Plantes is a science garden created four centuries ago. Its purpose is to bring together and study plant collections open to the public. Through its planted spaces, remarkable trees, statues and alleys, it offers the visitor a varied and preserved walking environment with hidden mysterious and peaceful corners. In this green setting, cultural sites devoted to nature and highlighting exceptional heritage collections: Historical galleries (museums), which present the challenges of biodiversity and geodiversity (the Great Gallery of Evolution) La Ménagerie, the Jardin des Plantes zoo and the Great Tropical Greenhouses.