Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie

Coordinates: 48°53′44.002″N 2°23′17.002″E / 48.89555611°N 2.38805611°E / 48.89555611; 2.38805611
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48°53′44.002″N 2°23′17.002″E / 48.89555611°N 2.38805611°E / 48.89555611; 2.38805611

Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
Porte de la Villette
Websitewww.cite-sciences.fr/en/

The Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie ("City of Science and Industry", abbreviated la CSI)[1][2] or simply CSI[3] is the biggest science museum in Europe.[4] Located in the Parc de la Villette in Paris, France, it is one of the three dozen French Cultural Centers of Science, Technology and Industry (CCSTI), promoting science and science culture.

About five million people visit the Cité each year. Attractions include a

Giscard d'Estaing
, the goal of the Cité is to spread scientific and technical knowledge among the public, particularly for youth, and to promote public interest in science, research and industry.

The most notable features of the "bioclimatic facade" facing the park are Les Serres – three greenhouse spaces each 32 metres high, 32 metres wide and 8 metres deep. The facades of Les Serres were the first structural glass walls to be constructed without framing or supporting fins. Between 30 May, and 1 June 2008, the museum hosted the 3rd International Salon for Peace Initiatives.

In 2009, the Cité des Sciences and the Palais de la Découverte were brought together in a common establishment, named Universcience, with EPIC status.[5]

Features

La Cité des Sciences main hall escalator
Museum interior
  • Explore (levels 1, 2, and 3)
  • The library of science and industry (Médiathèque, level −1)
  • City of children (level 0)
  • Auditorium and things (level 0)
  • Louis Lumière theatre (level 0)
  • Planetarium (located between exhibits on level 2)
  • Numeric crossroads (level −1)
  • City of careers (level −1)
  • City of health (level −1)
  • Meeting place (level −1)
  • Aquarium (level −2)
  • Jean bertin hall (level 0)
  • Condorcet
    hall (level 0)
  • Picnic area (level 0)
  • Post office (level 0)
  • Store for scientific books and toys (level 0)
  • Restaurants (level −2)
  • Argonaute museum ship

History

The building is constructed around the vast steel trusses of an abattoir sales hall on which construction had halted in 1973. The transformation, commissioned on 15 September 1980, was designed by the architect

Halley's Comet
.

Floor directory

Exhibitions Shows Resources Facilities
Level 2 Two permanent + two temporary exhibitions
Activity points 		Planetarium Snack bar
Level 1 Six permanent + two temporary exhibitions
Greenhouse
Activity points 		Snack bar
Level 0 Cité des Enfants, 2–7-year-olds
Cité des Enfants, 5–12-year-olds
Shadows and light
Argonaute submarine 		Louis-Lumière cinema
Cinaxe cinema 		Library (BSI) – children's section
Auditorium 		Information desk, ticket desk
Café, Shop
Post office
Cloakroom
Cash machine
Level −1 Multimedia Library (BSI)
Vocal guidance
Health Information
Digital Forum 		La Villette Conference Centre
Group Cloakroom
Level −2 Géode Aquarium Restaurant
Cafeteria
Café
Car Parks

Access

It is accessible by

Porte de la Villette station and by bus lines 60, 71, 75, 139, 150, 151, 152 and 170. The tramway T3b was opened in December 2012.[8]

See also

References

  1. doi:10.4000/edc.2412
    .
  2. ^ "Cité des Sciences & de l'Industrie".
  3. ^ "Cerveau : De la suite dans les idées - Expos permanentes d'Explora - Cité des sciences et de l'industrie - Expositions, conférences, cinémas, activités culturelles et sorties touristiques pour les enfants, les parents, les familles - Paris".
  4. ^ Arfin, Ferne (12 January 2009). "France: Insider's guide to Paris". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 25 January 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2009. BEST FOR FAMILIES Parc de la Villette, in north-east Paris, is junior heaven. In addition to several adventure playgrounds and 35 "follies" housing activities and exhibitions, it holds the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie (00 33 1 4005 7000; www.cite-sciences.fr/english), Europe's biggest science museum
  5. ^ "Décret n°2009-1491 du 3 décembre 2009 portant création de l'établissement public du palais de la Découverte et de la Cité des sciences et de l'industrie". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Engineering Timelines - Les Serres et Toiture Accueil, La Villette".
  7. ISBN 026206233X
    , 9780262062336
  8. ^ RATP

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