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What to do and see in Paris, Ile-de-France: The Best Science Museums
Lingering over pain au chocolat in a sidewalk café, relaxing after a day of strolling along the Seine and marveling at icons like the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe… the perfect Paris experience combines leisure and liveliness with enough time to savor both an exquisite meal and exhibits at the Louvre. Awaken your spirit at Notre Dame, bargain hunt at the Marché aux Puces de Montreuil or for goodies at the Marché Biologique Raspail, then cap it all off with a risqué show at the Moulin Rouge.
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1. Pasteur Museum
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4.5 based on 32 reviews
Guided tours are offered of the home of Louis Pasteur, the scientist who discovered pasteurization, the technique by which bacteria are destroyed in certain types of foods.
2. Musee des Arts et Metiers
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4.5 based on 1,135 reviews
Reviewed By thetuareg03 - Mumbai, India
Our only regret is not allotting enough time to spend here. Filled with all sorts of inventions going back hundreds of years, the exhibits are brought to life by a fantastic audio guide whose narration comprises bite-size radio skits. It's packed with information - just the right amount - and very entertaining. Some of the exhibits will take your breath away. Tip1: Entrance is free on the first Sunday of every month. Tip2: Allot a minimum half day although an enture day would be even better. It's vast and worrth it. Tip3: Audio guide is a must or else it would be a flat and lifeless experience.
3. Musee du Service de Sante des Armees au Val-de-Grace
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4.5 based on 46 reviews
Créé pendant la guerre de 1914-1918 dans l'ancienne abbaye royale du Val-de-Grâce, le musée permet au visiteur, par la présentation pédagogique de ses collections, de mieux comprendre les fondements et les vocations multiples de la médecine aux armées : soutien sanitaire des forces armées, essor de la chirurgie maxillo-faciale (moulages en cire des "Gueules Cassées"), recherche en psychiatrie, médecine subaquatique et aérospatiale, lutte contre les gaz toxiques, actions humanitaires, soins aux populations, création d’écoles de médecine ou d’Instituts Pasteur, lutte contre les grandes endémies outre-mer et contre les maladies infectieuses métropolitaines ou exotiques, progrès de l’hygiène.
4. Galerie de Mineralogie Et de Geologie
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4.5 based on 57 reviews
5. Collection de Mineraux
6. Parc de la Villette
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4.0 based on 564 reviews
This 130-acre park in northeast Paris is home to a music academy, a science museum and an IMAX theater.
Reviewed By ithaca96 - Colmar, France
Really a wonderful place for families - and everybody else as well. Huge parc with the Canal d`Ourcq running through it, lots of different play areas and gardens. The enormous old Grande Halle holds exhibitions and performances, the science museum and the city of music, including the Philharmonic of Paris built by the famous architect Jean Nouvel, the Geode and all the other fascinating buildings and attractions can keep you occupied fort a whole day - at least. Easy to find and access, even located at the northeasternoutskirts of Paris. Lots of eating places of all kinds as well.
7. La Cite des Enfants
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4.0 based on 399 reviews
An interactive science museum for children.
8. Palais de la Decouverte
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4.0 based on 768 reviews
Musée parisien des sciences depuis 1937. Expositions temporaires, permanentes et exposés dans les disciplines : Mathématiques, Physique, Chimie, Astronomie-Astrophysique, Sciences de la Vie, Géosciences, Informatique et sciences du numérique.
Reviewed By D9542QDjamesf
Featuring an excellent, thoughtfully presented exhibition on "Love", the museum was engaging for both us adults and our 3 1/2 yearH old granddaughter.. Good information and good central location.
9. Musee de L'Homme
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4.0 based on 484 reviews
Reviewed By ivocarneiro - Macau, China
When you are the father of a 13 years old daughter and a nine years old son, traveling to great world cities and visiting therein the most famous museums usually is grueling. The kids get tired, are confused with the displays, want to eat, to play with their mobile phones, and one wonders why they don't enjoy as you these unique wonders? Then, you criticize their "lazy" iPhone alike "civilization," therefore forgetting that when we were children, we had the same struggle with museums. Let alone when they are "old" and unable to update collections, displays, and the way they related to young people. In this context, it is surprising that anytime we visit Paris, my children do want to return to the Musée de l'Homme. They love it: the modern display teaching human evolution; the elegant and interactive displays explaining cultural diversity; the quiz on world cultures from Africa to Oceania presented in funny, pleasant ways. And the Eiffel Tower is always there, showing its misteries through the museum windows. They play, enjoy, interact, buy their memorabilia, and want to return again and again. Conclusion: kids can enjoy a lot a museum if the museum knows how to talk with them. The Musée de l'Homme do know! Congratulations!
10. Cite des Sciences et de L'lndustrie
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3.5 based on 1,557 reviews
This large interactive science museum has numerous exhibits dedicated to making science comprehensible for non-scientists.
Reviewed By 82manuelal - Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Located in one of the biggest Park of Paris, la Vilette, here we will find nature and entertainment, shows and exhibitions, readings and interactive games to science and technology; it offers a planetarium ; shows like "poussière d'étoiles"; a mediterranean acquarium; the cinema Louis Lumière with more as 30 films; a science village and for readers a multimedia library; To recommend for a day for lovers of sciences
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