With the kids
All together on the town

On the agenda in venues especially for children: puppets, circuses with brave lion-tamers and fabulous acrobats, enchanted cruises, magicians, story-tellers and singers guarantee that your family outing will be a success! During the holidays, the possibilities abound. In Paris, the release of a film for younger audiences is an occasion for a unique premiere evening, full of fun and colours. A new children’s book arriving on the market is a chance to meet the author at a book-signing or exhibitions by illustrators who happily present their work. Children are welcome at open-air concerts, ideal occasions for a cheerful picnic. You can have fun all together at the popular dances and festivities or even on the terraces of one of our stadiums for a marvellous souvenir of the magic exploits of top sportsmen. Add to that the “Art” workshops in selected museums and the “Do-it-yourself” ones in some leading shops, where your youngest is transformed into a great inventor, architect or artist in just one afternoon – as long as he or she speaks French. Our information pages will tell you about any kids’ activities in the venues you’ve chosen.

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Les Pestacles

Les Pestacles

From 4 June to 24 September 2008
Each summer, for the last fifteen years or so, the Parc Floral de Paris has been putting on « Les Pestacles » festival aimed specially at children aged 5 to 12.

La Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie

La Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie

All year round If you’ve a budding scientist at home with a seemingly inexhaustible supply of questions prefaced by “Why?” — to which you, of course, have no reply — let the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie provide the answers...

Aquarium Tropical

Aquarium Tropical

All year
Are you aware that the Palais de la Porte Dorée in the 12th arrondissement has housed a Tropical Aquarium since the 1931 Colonial Exhibition?...

France Miniature

France Miniature

From 23 February to 9 November 2008
Yes, it is possible to explore the whole of France in one single day. Spread over an area of five hectares, the France Miniature exhibit in the Yvelines suburb of Paris is designed in the shape of France and displays the country’s top 150 monuments and varied landscapes on a scale of 1:30...

Diana Moreno Bormann

Diana Moreno Bormann

From 12 September 2007 to 31 December 2008.
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Traditional circus is still alive and kicking! All year round you can find shows in Paris where circus is still circus, and jugglers, trapeze artists and tightrope walkers who transmit their skills from generation to generation...