The Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in Paris is a unique and surprising place nestled in the heart of a huge landscaped park. With friends or family, this place is ideal for trying extraordinary experiences and discovering science in a fun way! Planetarium, children's city, temporary and permanent exhibitions, conferences, activities, workshops... There's a lot to do at the Cité des sciences in Paris to learn more about the subject while having fun.

The Planetarium

The projection system installed at the planetarium of the Cité des sciences in Paris is in high definition with laser projection in 8K. The video projectors are computer-assisted (around twenty), to give you an image of 8,000 pixels. A system 8 times more precise than the HD screens of current televisions. You'll really feel like you're there!

The activities

Activities and shows for all ages presented by: engineers, artists, or scientific mediators. Some activities are for observation while others require audience participation... Games, experiments, discoveries...

The Biolab is a place that allows exchange and experimentation on subjects such as biology and the environment. This is what we call participatory science by bringing the public to think, observe, participate in collective projects...

The children's city

The children's city is divided into 2 parts, in order to adapt children's activities according to their interests.

The Children's City 2-7 years

5 themes are offered: I discover myself, I know how to do, I find my way, I experiment, All together (experience with other children). Pictograms guide accompanying adults to play, encourage, or observe the behavior of little ones.

The Children's City 5-12 years

A set of games and activities specially designed for children of this age group distributed according to 6 themes: The body, Communicate, The TV Studio, Water games, The garden and The factory. Presenting a TV show, blending into video special effects, producing energy, observing animals, plants, seasons... are all missions that children aged 5 to 12 can undertake in this space dedicated to them. Games that don't require adult supervision, children have fun taking initiative by themselves and transform into real little scientists!

The baby city lab

Only by reservation from 10 to 12 h and without reservation in the afternoon, subject to availability, the Baby City Lab is exclusively reserved for babies from birth to under 2 years old accompanied by an adult. Activities promoting the cognitive and psychomotor development of babies are presented to families, as well as workshops in the form of tales and theatrical readings. Information workshops on early childhood are regularly organized.

Permanent exhibitions

The Cité des sciences et de l'industrie offers numerous permanent exhibitions according to the following themes:

• Bio-inspired, an exhibition on the ecosystems that can be found on the planet, the organisms of the living world and their capacity for adaptation.
• Robots, functioning, usefulness, impact on daily life, acceptance or not of the presence of robots...
• E-LAB, the video game space, in addition to games: building a joystick, innovations and evolution of this industry, professions and training in this sector, analysis of behavior during a gaming session...
• Brain, discover how the human brain works. Tests, games, experiments...
• Transport and humans.
• Energy, current state of affairs and projection towards the future.
• The great story of the universe, more than 13 billion years to discover with the help of fascinating immersive scenography.
• Earth objectives: the satellite revolution with the Globaloscope, a giant sphere on which satellite images of Earth are projected. Discover space conquest in sound and images, multimedia workshops help understand space technologies.
• Mathematics: geometries, numbers, movements and Complexity, prediction, 2 distinct spaces that bring a much more friendly aspect to these themes through the use of manipulable objects and interactive devices.
• Sounds.
• The Argonaut, board a real submarine, to understand what life is like for submariners and how this legendary submarine was, in its time, an exceptional intelligence and special operations agent!
• Under the ocean, lives, influence on climate, discovery of the abyss...
• Solar Impulse 1: the first aircraft powered by solar energy.
• The aquarium: 3 giant tanks
• The inverted sundial.