The Muséum de Toulouse is a museum of Sciences s Natural History of Toulouse. It is located inside the botanical garden of Toulouse (Jardin des Plantes), and houses a collection of more than two and a half million specimens, on a museum surface of about 6000 square meters., Plus the external annexes. It is the second largest natural history and science museum in France, after the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. The museum was founded in 1796 by the French naturalist Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse. It was the first museum in the world to have a section specifically dedicated to prehistory. The museum's permanent exhibition is divided into five interconnected sections: the first, entitled, "Feeling the power of the Earth", deals with the nature of the solar system and its formation, as well as the nature of the Earth, plates, seismic and volcanic activity, mineralogy and so on; the second section is entitled "Overcoming the notion of hierarchy" and deals with life, biodiversity, highlighting the link between man and animals, thanks to phylogenetics and systems that classify and organize the diversity of species; the third section is entitled "Familiarize yourself with the large scale of time", and deals with the history of the Earth since its origins, it also deals with the various geological times, paleontology and the evolution of living beings; the fourth section is called "Admitting the evidence" and deals with the main functions of living beings: nutrition, respiration, locomotion, reproduction, protection and communication. Finally, the last sequence is called "Inventing the future", and deals with the impact of human activities on the ecosystem, demographic pressure and natural resources.