This week, I tried to go see this two-story space, that is until I read about the fire. The entomology section contains frame upon frame, in wood and glass, of various insects and butterflies other peculiarities abound, from snakes in jars filled with formaldehyde and skulls and skeletons amidst the herd of reanimated fur and austere décor. It houses a veritable savannah and jungle of taxidermized creatures that in their sum rival anything that’s on exhibit at the Museum of Natural History. Deyrolle was founded in 1831 and in its time has taken on the dual role of store and museum. It belongs to the famous and fervent tradition here of preserving and promoting inanimate objects and protecting their sacred right to accumulate dust. A room devoted to a collection of historical objects was ravaged also.ĭeyrolle, on rue de Bac, is a hidden Paris treasure that I’ve never seen. One room containing insect collections was entirely destroyed and another, known as “the cabinet of curiosities,” was about 80% damaged. The destruction will keep the boutique shuttered for four months. The fire, whose cause is still unknown, swept through several rooms on the first floor before it was contained by 7 a.m. Fifty-five firefighters and 14 engines were dispatched to extinguish a blaze that broke out in the hall of entomology. It was with a mixture of sadness and frustration that I reacted to the report that Deyrolle, the taxidermy emporium in the Paris seventh arrondissement, nearly burned down last month.
Deyrolle, the taxidermy shop on rue de Bac, houses
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