The Green Museum invites you to travel in time at the time of the great dinosaurs. 165 million years ago, Sarthois territory is covered by the sea, Populated with great marine reptiles. The exhibition evokes this giant mesozoic fauna, Today disappeared.


Exceptional Jurassic fossils are presented, including an elasmosaur discovered in 1864 in Saint-Rémy-du-Val and restored for the exhibition. It is accompanied by remains of ichthyosaurs and dinosaurs from the National Museum of Natural History and private collections.

For Cretaceous, The Cenomanian is highlighted. Established in Le Mans in the 19th century, This geological floor has an international scope. At that time, New marine reptiles and dinosaurs appear. Fossils discovered locally are presented compared to dinosaurs of Africa and North America with in particular facsimiles of triceratops and tyrannosaurus or even a full of dinosaur from Aix-en-Provence.


With nearly 130 fossils; Facsimiles and illustrations are associated to offer a rich route in the time of the Mesozoic giants.