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by Vincent Battesti

Exhibition «Déserts»,
in the Grande galerie de l’évolution at Jardin des Plantes, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris
from 2 April to 30 November 2025
 Exhibition website: https://jardindesplantesdeparis.fr/...

 Press kit:

Exposition Déserts, Dossier de presse (2025)
© MNHN
A Tuareg repairing his old 1950s Berlier truck, while his greaser checks the engine, in the desert between Algeria and Niger, south of Tamanrasset, July 1994, Vincent Battesti
© Vincent Battesti

 I am the Scientific director of Part III Humans in Deserts, of the major exhibition Deserts which will open at the Grande galerie de l’évolution in the Jardin des plantes of the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle in Paris in spring 2025.

The exhibition is currently being put together by the exhibition team at the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle.

An exhibition catalogue accompanies this event: Deserts. Living in an Extreme Environment
I am the scientific director/editor of the Part III, Humans in deserts and author of the chapter “How oases work”.

 On the website of the Jardin des plantes in Paris:
https://www.jardindesplantesdeparis...

 On the website of the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle:
https://www.mnhn.fr/fr/communique-d...