European Heritage Days – A tour of the Hoche High School History Museum

This exhibition showcases remarkable items from Abbé Nollet’s collection and the Count of Artois’s cabinet of curiosities.



The themed tour explores a variety of fields, ranging from educational works to historical calculating instruments, such as abacuses, slide rules and early calculators. The science section features a selection of instruments used in physics (dynamometers, telescopes, heliostats) and chemistry (specialised glassware), complemented by a collection of specimens from the life and earth sciences, including Dr Auzoux’s anatomical models, osteological and naturalised collections, as well as a geological study of the subsoil beneath Versailles.