Musée des Confluences

The Musée des Confluences in Lyon, named for its location at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers, is a museum of global natural sciences that opened in 2014. The striking building, designed by the Vienna-based architects Coop Himmelb(l)au, impresses with its massive concrete base and a facade of countless stainless steel panels. You enter through a glass foyer and discover three permanent exhibitions on the upper floors, along with changing special exhibitions. The focus is on anthropology and ethnology, with the collection exploring the development and fundamental questions of human societies across time and space. Among the exhibits is a historic 1908 Berliet C2.