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PALAIS DE LA DECOUVERTEAll year round. Are your kids fascinated by science and discoveries in the fields of astronomy, chemistry and biology? In order to provide answers to those endless questions on such vast subjects, why not take them along for a fun trip to the Palais de la Découverte?... In Paris’s 8th arrondissement in the west wing of the Grand Palais, this establishment is both a scientific centre and a museum, aimed at all those - children and grown-ups alike – who are interested in science and its applications. Six themes are presented in an entertaining and educational way: astronomy/astrophysics, chemistry, geosciences, physics, mathematics and earth sciences. You will find permanent and visiting exhibitions, guided tours, workshops and conferences with on-the-spot experiments and where you can ask questions of the scientists. Don’t miss the many interactive activities: the new Zeiss Planetarium and its dome 15 metres in diameter, the electrostatics presentation and the 3D film “Journey inside a cell”. Plenty to quench your progeny’s thirst for knowledge! S.C.-R. photo D.R. Practical information PALAIS DE LA DECOUVERTE Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt 75008 PARIS Metro : Champs Elysées Clemenceau RER : Invalides Bus : 28, 42, 52, 63, 72, 73, 80, 83, 93 telephone number : 01 56 43 20 21 fax : 01 40 74 81 81 Access for persons with limited mobility Tourisme & Handicap label Current events : Le nouveau planétarium Zeiss : avec l'installation d'un nouveau projecteur astronomique, la Palais de la Découverte propose à ses visiteurs la vision d'un ciel de rêve d'une totale pureté d'une luminosité inégalée. Réouverture de la salle d'acoustique : cette salle entièrement rénovée offre aux visiteurs un grand confort et surtout des équipements restaurés ou remplacés (soufflerie d'essais de Cavaillé Coll). Depuis 1998 une salle est consacrée aux évolutions conjointes de la Terre et des espèces vivantes. Museum National Dynamic and interactive presentation of science. Astronomy with the new planetarium, biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics and earth sciences. Electrostatics room, Sun room. Reopening of the Acoustics room: offers a series of experiments and demonstrations in which to investigate the phenomenon of sound: making and speed of sound, structure of simple and complex sounds (organ pipes), harmonic analysis and synthesis, interference and diffraction, Doppler effect, beats, resonance... School of ADN (for education and culture devoted to genetics and ADN. Others informations Architecturals styles : Monumental List of collections : Sciences, Geology, Astronomy, Chemistry Collections period : 19th century Opening days and times Open/Closed :
Cash desk closes at : Museum : 5.30pm during the week, 6.30pm on Sunday and bank holidays. Days of week :
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Individual tours Independant tour : Non-guided visits and lectures. Free for children : Free for children under 5 yrs. Group tours Group of adults with museum guide :
School groups with museum guide :
Services Educational activities : Contact the Palais de la Découverte for more information. Photo allowed. Restaurant. Gifts shop. Room hire. Other services :
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