Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Technology museum in Parc de la Villette, France.
Description
The Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie is a science museum in Parc de la Villette, France, occupying a former slaughterhouse building. The site includes a planetarium, a submarine named Argonaute, and an IMAX cinema called La Géode.
History
The museum opened in March 1986, when the Giotto space probe reached Halley's Comet, a project under President François Mitterrand. The building was previously part of a slaughterhouse complex that closed down in the 1970s.
Culture
Families with children come here to take part in workshops where they can try out physics or robotics, while teenagers often use the interactive displays to explore programming or chemistry. On weekends, groups gather in the exhibition rooms to discover scientific phenomena together or participate in guided experiments.
Practical
The museum opens Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday until 7 p.m., closed on Monday. Tickets cover access to permanent exhibitions and planetarium shows, while separate admission is required for the IMAX cinema.
Did you know?
The building features three glass greenhouse structures called Les Serres, built without traditional framing and demonstrating innovative construction techniques. The Argonaute is a real French military submarine from the 1950s that visitors can explore from the inside.
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