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Origin and history

The former school of Médcine of Toulouse, located Jules-Guesde driveways, was built in the 2nd quarter of the 19th century by the Urban architect Vitry. Integrated into the former Carmelite Convent Undressed, it was transformed to accommodate the medical school after 1820, then the Natural History Museum in 1861. Its brick façade and doric tetrastyle portico, adorned with the word "Museum", date back to this period. The amphitheatre, designed by Vitry and designed by the contractor Comboul, was inaugurated in 1837.

Between 1927 and 1931, architect Joseph Thillet carried out major interior developments, without changing the exterior appearance. The façade and the portico, the last vestiges of the medical school, were inscribed in the historical monuments on 16 May 1979. Today, the building houses in part the Sorano Theatre, created in 1964 in the Muséum Auditorium, thus marking a cultural reallocation of the site.

The medical school initially occupied the premises after 1830, following a municipal decision. Urban Vitry, chief architect, designed a monumental entrance to symbolize its importance. The original conventual buildings, renovated, formed a coherent whole around a courtyard, now covered. The site thus illustrates the urban and scientific transformations of Toulouse in the 19th century.

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