A museum for the curious
Discover the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris.
In Paris, there is more to admire than just paintings. At the Musée des Arts et Métiers, you can discover the inventions that changed our daily lives, from the first calculating machines to the dawn of aviation. An astonishing museum, just a few streets away from the Hôtel Château d’Eau.
Ideas that changed the world
Housed in the former Saint-Martin-des-Champs priory, the Musée des Arts et Métiers brings together an impressive collection of scientific and technical objects.
Here, you will come across Clément Ader’s airplane, a calculating machine designed by Blaise Pascal, and scientific instruments whose purpose is sometimes hard to guess.
The collections span the centuries and tell a fascinating story: that of inventors, their experiments, their failures, and their discoveries.
One of the most striking moments of the visit takes place in the museum’s former church, beneath its high vaulted ceilings.
This is where Foucault’s pendulum experiment is presented, conceived in 1851 to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth. A heavy sphere oscillates slowly, while the apparent movement of its trajectory reveals that our planet is rotating on its axis.
A fascinating experiment, even for those who always preferred history class to physics.
Musée des Arts et Métiers
60 rue Réaumur, Paris 3rd arrondissement
Open Tuesday to Sunday.
www.arts-et-metiers.net
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