Jardin d´Acclimatation in France


Jardin d´Acclimatation
One of the elephants from the zoo in Paris being killed for meat during the Siege of Paris 1870
One of the elephants from the zoo in Paris being killed for meat during the Siege of Paris 1870
Typezoo
Owner
Founded1860
Address Bois de Boulogne
Zip-code 75116
Place Paris
Country France
Website Website
Directors1860-1861: Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
Key People
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Elephant department
Head keepers
of elephants
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Jardin d´Acclimatation, located at Bois de Boulogne, in Paris, France , was founded in 1860.


Comments / picturesOpened on October 6, 1860 by Napoléon III and Empress Eugénie, the Jardin d'Acclimatation de Paris or the Jardin Zoologique d'Aclimatation as it was first called was a Paris zoo. It was directed by Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, son of the naturalist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, until his death in 1861.

From 1877 until 1912, the Jardin Zoologique d'Acclimatation was converted to "l'Acclimatation Anthropologique". In mid-colonialism, the curiosity of Parisians was attracted to the customs and lifestyles of foreign peoples. Nubians, Bushmen, Zulus and many other African peoples were "exhibited" in a human zoo. The exhibitions were a huge success. The number of visitors to the Jardin doubled, reaching the million mark.

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Koehl, Dan (2024). Jardin d´Acclimatation, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=957. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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