Sciences et patrimoine naturel: l´intangible au musée

The question of the relationship between museums and intangible heritage has been debated ever since natural heritage was introduced into the field of interest of museums and natural parks in the 19th century. Rather than address the various accepted meanings of the concept of natural heritage it encompasses here, both the restricted definitions focused on the protection of living species, as well as definitions that extend to human societies and their practices in various environments emphasis will be placed on the extent to which museums of natural history and more largely science museums have been affected and transformed by the concept of intangible heritage