The Festival of the Senses at the Jardin des Plantes
The edible school at the Fête des Sens Antoine Guerre
Once again, the Natural History Museum hits the mark by combining magnificent technological innovations with the transmission of scientific knowledge.
Each year, the museum and its large gallery of Evolution rise to the top of the must-see school holiday trips by offering out-of-the-ordinary interactive works.
As part of its exhibition L'Odyssée sensorielle (until July 4), a weekend dedicated to awakening our five senses is being organized on April 23 and 24.
On the program: a barefoot walk in the tall grass, a workshop on synaesthesia, then a tasting in the Greenhouses... It will be a question of opening your hatches wide and above all, of appreciating the miracles of biodiversity to better understand its fragility.
April 23 and 24, at the Jardin des Plantes (5th). Free, all ages from 2 years old,
information and details of the workshops here.
Destination Cosmos, the ultimate challenge at
the Atelier des Lumières
The Destination Cosmos
immersive experience
at the Atelier des Lumières Culturespaces / Éric Spiller
Victim of its success last October, the National Center for Space Studies (CNES) is once again collaborating with the Atelier des Lumières for a space flight, during the holiday period only.
Thirty-five minutes of interstellar travel await young – and not so young – apprentice cosmonauts, through a labyrinth of stars and supernovae.
Impressive incursion into the heart of the Cosmos, the experience is punctuated by a sparkling soundtrack (from Wagner to the Rolling Stones).
From star to star, we walk like Major Tom de Bowie, and we marvel under the vaults of nebulae.
The stroll leaves you speechless.
Until May 7 at the Atelier des Lumières (11th). From 2 years old,
information and ticket office here.
Storytelling visit
Not so Beasts
at the Maison de la Radio
“Not so Beasts” at the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique Olivier Barrière
Recently and until September 11, the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique is hosting the
Pas si Bêtes
exhibition , a discovery of the sound animal world, in partnership with the National History Museum.
The author and animator Victoria Kaario invites children aged 5 to 9 to approach the exhibition with fantasy.
On April 28 and 29, his storytelling visits take place, an opportunity to make our cherubim aware of animal communication.
By listening to the sound fresco broadcast during the workshops, from the strange braying of certain mammals to the meticulous buzzing of insects, they learn about sound effects and explore the notions of sound capture and recording.
A delightful exercise!
Storytelling tours on 28 and 29 April, at the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique (16th).
Information and booking here.
Les Fabricateurs
workshop
at the Museum of Arts and Crafts
Young public visit to the Museum of Arts and Crafts Dircom Cnam / L. Benoit
Adventurers and inventors curious to discover the most daring scientific creations of the last centuries, the
Les Fabricateurs – Sketch your genius idea
workshop is made for you.
By surveying the museum's collections, which are full of objects with eccentric appearances - and which, however, have largely contributed to the evolution of the human species - the little geniuses of tomorrow deploy their imaginations.
So they design their own inventions with the greatest freedom.
Put into volume, the idea of paper is transformed and takes part in a collaborative fresco, to boost team spirit.
Workshop from April 26 to 29 and from May 3 to 6, at the Musée des Arts et Métiers (3rd).
Without reservation, information here.
Imaginary Worlds
of Speedy Graphito exhibition
and workshops at the Musée en Herbe
Imaginary Worlds
exhibition
by street artist Speedy Graphito Musée en Herbe
International figure of Street Art, visual artist Speedy Graphito is a funny jack-of-all-trades who is full of pop and colorful creative ideas where the absurd rubs shoulders with the more serious themes of mass consumption and 'ecology.
Until November 6, the Musée en Herbe is hosting its
Imaginary Worlds
exhibition , divided into five magical places, in which the children evolve gradually, from an initiatory tale to a trip to the surrealists.
The workshops, designed as an extension of the exhibition, give free rein to their bubbling imaginations.
The Baby workshops (from 2 to 4 years old) allow a parent and their young child to experiment with four hands, and the Maxi workshops (from 5 to 12 years old),
Every day during school holidays, at the Musée en Herbe (1st).
Reservation and program of workshops here.
(Re)discovery of Parc André Citroën
One of the gardens of Parc André Citroën Antoine Polez
Inaugurated in 1992, on the edge of the Javel quays - current André Citroën quays - one of the most beautiful public parks in Paris awaits its holidaymakers.
Located on the edge of the 15th and 16th arrondissements separated by the Seine, life is good on its vast lawn as soon as the first rays of the sun arrive.
Its fourteen hectares, designed to glorify the French engineer of the 20th century, are studded with water jets (which will refresh on the hottest days), tropical greenhouses, bamboo groves and playgrounds.
Its thematic gardens, segmented by color, are to be contemplated in this period.
A euphoric dance of polychrome buds unfolds before your eyes.
For the most heroic, the Ballon de Paris overlooks the park.
Take a seat aboard this hot air balloon, whose view of the city, in zenithal diving,
Parc André Citroën (15th), free entry.
Information here.
The Wardrobe of Dreams
Experience
at the Grévin Museum
Experience
The Cabinet of Dreams
Sculptors of Dreams
The "Sculpteurs de Rêve" collective imagines an experience between escape game, theater and role-playing at the Grévin museum, where it installs its mysterious
Dream Cabinet
, a portal to other worlds.
For its first trip, the wardrobe takes you back to the beginning of the 20th century, into the world of the illusionist Houdini.
Past its heavy wooden doors, visitors are confronted with a delicate situation, its ghost tries to contact them.
They will have to solve a series of puzzles to help the great magician.
For future Sherlocks.
At the Grévin museum (9th). From 8 years old,
information and booking here.