Strasbourg City Zoological Museum

About

Walking through a quiet alley in the heart of Strasbourg, an entrance comes into view where the outline of an old building seems to flow down like a part of nature itself. This building was once part of a university, and climbing the time-worn wooden stairs, one is soon fully immersed in the world of living creatures. The lighting in the exhibition rooms flows along the tactile glass surfaces, softly emphasizing details that reveal the forms of animals. Within glass boxes as light and delicate as an insect's wings, visitors take in the intricacy of nature with their eyes. As Strasbourg's history seems to flow along the walls of this museum, the biological exhibits take on an even deeper mood.