French Guiana Sights

  1. Center Spatial Guyanais

    Satellite launching is big business and it's unlikely you'll ever come across a more interesting place to learn about it than here. Hop on a guided bus tour of the launchers and control room of the world's most active satellite rocket center. And check out the Space Museum, which takes the fun beyond satellites and into outer space.

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  2. Musée Départemental

    In central Cayenne, the fascinating Musée Départemental features a frighteningly large stuffed black caiman, as well as other preserved local critters, an ethnobotanical display, and an airconditioned 'butterfly room,' easily missed because it is poorly marked.

    The upstairs area recaptures life in the old penal colony and displays some Amerindian handicrafts.

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  3. Musée des Cultures Guyanaises

    The Musée des Cultures Guyanaises devotes itself to Guiana's early history, from it's geologic formation through pre-colonial, Amerindian times. It houses a relaxing, air-conditioned library (upstairs) with publications in French, English and various other languages.

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