Musée Jules Verne

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Lonely Planet review

Overlooking the river 2km southwest of the tourist office, the Musée Jules Verne is a magical place with first-edition books, hand-edited manuscripts, cardboard theatre cut-outs, good wheelchair access and some delightful child-friendly interactive displays to introduce or reintroduce you to the work of Jules Verne, who was born in Nantes in 1828.

Verne's books, like Around the World in 80 Days, are so well-known that it's still worthwhile visiting even if you're not au fait with the French-language interpretative signs. A few metres east of the museum in a little park are a pair of life-size statues, dedicated to the writer in 2005, showing his creation Captain Nemo looking out to sea, and behind him, Verne as a small boy with big dreams.