The Natural History Museum of Toulon and Var is the only facility of its kind in the department of Var (there are only five in the PACA region). The Museum's collections cover the major disciplines naturalists (botany, malacology, entomology, mineralogy, paleontology, ornithology and mammalogy). Emphasis has been placed for public display on the regional fauna (mammals and birds), on the mineralogy (15 windows, including one on minerals Cap Garonne, Pradet) as well as paleontology (a large window the paleoenvironment of the Jurassic Canjuers). There is a scientific library available, upon request, to naturalists, researchers and academics.