Treasures of the museums of the province : Nausicaa, twenty thousand leagues under the sea

water ! That of water ! But not only that. At Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais), Nausicaa is full of life. And under the most varied forms, often amazing. Nausicaa is proud to be the largest aquarium in Europe. Installed right up against a real sea, the English Channel, the port painted night by Manet (Musée d'orsay), he maintains and does not show less than 1 600 species from all climates, of all waters. This Saturday, from 18 hours, put on your fins and snorkels, put on diving suits, or a combination. By screen interposed, take a dip in these natural environments, meticulously reconstructed, fully oriented towards the preservation of the wealth of the animal and its presentation to be both more rigorous scientifically and very spectacular.

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maintainers of the site you are prompted in the course of a video program of half an hour, free of charge and accessible at will, broadcast in partnership with Le Figaro, Facebook France, the network CLICK.France's digital initiatives, in museums and in the magazine connaissance des arts. The exploration will take place in two universes full of surprises, two topics titled "Voyage on the high seas" and "Shores and men".

These approaches do not dry out the place of all its mysteries. Its capabilities are immense. Because the teams home – a score of healers and careful - nourish and protect 24 hours on 24 a total of 58,000 animals ! The oldest is a bull shark. He was a resident here for 31 years and does not age. When we see him evolve, rippling with ease, we say that the ambient humidity does not necessarily rheumatism or osteoarthritis.

so, it was Impossible to see everything even if you came in and income, as it is one of the 850,000 registered users in the past year. There is even, in addition, a few penguins that are born during the confinement. They have been dubbed "Prat" and "Pen". It was the year of "P" for the penguins ? The largest basin is the equivalent of four olympic-sized swimming pools. These little balls of feathers so have room to grow. An underwater tunnel, a large corridor to the vault of glass, leads to this universe amniotic, national Centre of the sea.

Sharks, skates, rays (manta, but still the guitar-burrowing, the eagle ocellée, mantis devil, the curly or the mototo), sea lions but also, graceful jellyfish (stinging or not, gilded or not, the one nicknamed spotted in Australia, the other compasses of the Pacific, others more simply Aurélie), and a thousand corals, iguanas prehistoric remains : it would take a cast of characters dressed in a slicker for compiling the complete inventory. Not talking about crabs and reptiles. They scare them as much as they amaze. That is to say, if they are fascinating.

For a little bit, once back on dry ground we would like a new Flood ! Shapes and colors especially in tropical coral reefs challenge here, of course, the artist most creative.

In Homer, Nausicaa is a princess who collects Odysseus shipwrecked and the shepherds. Humanity has need of it at this time, when we extracted with difficulty and strong bruised up a storm health.

Saturday, may 30 from 18h on the page Facebook of the castle (www.facebook.com/NausicaaCNM) as well as on his account Instagram.

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