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When in 1937 Jean Perrin launched the Palais de la Découverte (Palace of Discovery), it was only a temporary exhibition organised for the International Exhibition of Art and Technology. In view of its success, the temporary exhibition became a museum and scientific cultural centre, installed in the west wing of the Grand Palais, a stone's throw from the Champs-Elysées. The mission that Jean Perrin set himself when he set up the Palais de la Découverte was to show the general public, whether initiated into science or not, "science as it happens" Today, the museum continues along this route by involving a wide public in demonstrations and experiments. The particularity of the Palais de la Découverte, are its scientific "mediators" who take the time to carry out experiments in front of the public and then to explain the phenomena they have seen and answer any questions, thus making science accessible |
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| to and understandable by all. The Palais de la Découverte aims to be fun, but also educational. Here people are able to learn, understand and memorise better than elsewhere thanks to the hands-on experiments in which they can participate. A very eclectic range of themes is dealt with covering physics, chemistry, mathematics and the life sciences through varied workshops on taste, forensic science, perfume, and even the mysteries of egg cooking! At the Palais de la Découverte, you can also discover the world of the world of the planets and the constellations at the planetarium. All budding scientists, you have a date at the Grand Palais, Metro station Franklin D. Roosevelt. http://www.palais-decouverte.fr/ |
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