VILLETTE, Cite Des Sciences

Once you reach the intersection of the two platforms, you can continue straight on down the longest one, or you can take a right and follow the canal.

At the center of the large circular meadow you'll see the Geode glittering, which is a huge, mirrored, steel globe that seems to float silently over the water, like a contemporary version of a Hieronymus Bosch painting that MyWoWo discusses in one of Madrid's files. In its 400-seat circular hall you can watch unforgettable projections thanks to the Omnimax technology applied to its 1000 square meter screen.

At the end, also surrounded by water, you'll finally reach the grand palace that holds the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie. Rather than a "museum", it's an interactive experience, a guided and exciting exploration through the universe of natural sciences, with excursions to technology, math, and medicine. A significant date was chosen for its inauguration: March 13th, 1986, which was the last passage of Halley's comet.

Continuously renewed and modified, the exhibition areas are integrated and reference each other. To best orient yourself among the various things to be seen, start from the large central room called "Explora", which all of the sections lead off from....