Yersin Museum

The Yersin Museum is a museum in Nha Trang, Vietnam. It is dedicated to Alexandre Yersin the bacteriologist.

It is located on 8 - 10 Tran Phu boulevard in the former home of Yersin in the enclosure of the Pasteur Institute.[1]

The museum contains a large collection of Yersin's equipment and letters as well as giving a description of his contributions to bacteriology and science generally. The captions are in French but English and Vietnamese translations are provided. It is open from 8am until 11am and 2pm until 4.30pm weekdays and closed on Saturdays and Sundays. Entry is VD 26,000 for adults.

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/9/2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.