Musée Jules Verne
Musée Jules-Verne
A museum honouring Jules Verne, the father of science fiction, born in Nantes, with manuscripts, illustrated first editions and mechanical models, and views of the Loire from its doorstep.
Jules Verne was born in 1828 on Feydeau Island in Nantes. The museum occupies a 19th-century mansion on the Sainte-Anne hill and displays Verne's manuscripts, posters, deluxe first editions published by Hetzel, games and models, telling the story of his life and works such as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days. It is small, and about an hour is enough to see it all. Outside, the Sainte-Anne lookout overlooks the Loire and, on the opposite bank, the Machines de l'Île. Closed on Tuesdays. Admission is about €3-4.
Opening hours
Wed–Mon 10:00–12:00, 14:00–18:00; closed Tuesdays
Nearby sights
- Hangar à Bananes & Les Anneaux
- Trentemoult
- Les Machines de l'Île
- Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery
- La Cigale
- Passage Pommeraye
- Place Royale
- Basilique Saint-Nicolas