Musée des Arts et Métiers
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Musée des Arts et Métiers | |
Established | 1794 |
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Location | 60, rue Réaumur, 75003 Paris |
Collection size | 80,000 |
Visitors | 250,000 / year |
The Musée des Arts et Métiers (French pronunciation: [myze dez‿aʁz‿e metje]) (French for Museum of Arts and Crafts) is an industrial design museum in Paris that houses the collection of the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, which was founded in 1794 as a repository for the preservation of scientific instruments and inventions.
History
Since its foundation, the museum has been housed in the deserted
Collection
The museum has over 80,000 objects and 15,000
The museum presents seven different collections : Scientific Instruments, Materials, Energy, Mechanics, Construction, Communication, Transportation. In the former church of
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Medal of the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (Paris)
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The original Foucault pendulum at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in 2005
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Avion IIIat the Musée des Arts et Métiers
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1840-1841 cameras obscurae for Daguerreotype called "Grand Photographe" produced by Charles Chevalier
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Binoculars, by Father Chérubin d'Orléans, 1681, Musée des Arts et Métiers
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Lavoisier's Laboratory, Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris
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Versions of Blaise Pascal's mechanical calculators
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Ford T, 1908
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Louis Charles Breguet, 1911
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Hispano Suiza 1935
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Grand Staircase
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Arithmometer - calculating machine c. 1850
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Peugeot 1909 at the Musée des Arts et Métiers
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A wall of cars in Musée des Arts et Métiers
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Celestial sphere driven by a clock mechanism, circa 1580
Cultural references
The museum appears in literature as the scene of the climax of the 1988 novel Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco, and is featured in the 2019 documentary film about the Statue of Liberty, Liberty: Mother of Exiles.
Transportation
The museum can be accessed by the
See also
- List of museums in Paris
- List of tourist attractions in Paris
- Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot's fardier (a pioneering steam-powered road vehicle) is an exhibit
References
- ^ Missions et activités, Paris, Musée des arts et métiers, 2010.
- ^ Benjamin Poupin et Sylvie Maillard, « Les Arts et Métiers : visite aux réserves », Musée des arts et métiers, La Revue, No. 45, février 2005; Élise Picard, Les Réserves, base stratégique du musée, Musée des arts et métiers, la revue, 1996.
External links
Musée des Arts et Métiers.
- Official site (in French)
- Official site (in English)