Verniquet Grand Amphithéâtre of the Natural History Museum. In the Botanical Garden in Paris – Jardin des Plantes – is the Verniquet Grand Amphithéâtre of the Natural History Museum. The famed French architect Edmé Verniquet (1727-1804) from Burgundy was the son of a surveyor to the King. Edme’s father Germain Verniquet and his mother Marie Béguin had 16 children. When his fatherContinue reading “Verniquet Grand Amphithéâtre of the Natural History Museum”