Cité des Sciences

Paris’s Largest Science & Children’s Museum
- 30 Avenue Corentin Cariou ,
- 75019 Paris
Bookmarks
In order to bookmark a restaurant, you need to have an Account.
Please sign in to activate this functionnality.
This review may contain sponsored or affiliate links.
A science museum that calls itself a ‘city’ gives you an idea of just how big it is. In fact, Paris’s Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie is the largest science museum in Europe.
Set in the vast Parc de la Villette in the northeast of Paris’s 19th Arrondissement, the museum is housed in an enormous modern building that incorporates all sorts of fun for curious kids and adults.
Inside the City of Sciences and Industry, permanent and temporary exhibitions teach you anything and everything about the human body, transportation, science, mathematics (yes, just like at the Palais de la Découverte, π is omnipresent), robots, and so much more. Parents and children alike could spend all day here learning lots. But believe it or not, I wouldn’t recommend staying in this part of the museum the whole time though — there’s so much more to explore!
The Cité des Sciences also has a great children’s museum, called the Cité des Enfants. Adults must be accompanied by a child to enter the interactive discovery rooms, with two separate spaces for 2-7-year-olds and another for ages 5-12. Kids can learn through play, discovering more about themselves, others, and the world around them. And the grown-ups get some guidance on how they can help their little ones learn from each experience.
Top it all off with restaurants, an indoor picnic area, restrooms catering to shorter legs, and a fabulous gift shop selling books, chemistry sets, and all sorts of nerdy items, and a day at the Cité des Sciences makes for a great family outing.
If you’re in Paris with teens, there’s also a small shopping mall attached to the museum which has some nice boutiques and offers indoor sky-diving! And if that’s not enough to keep the older kids entertained, spend some time in the on-site aquarium, planetarium, or IMAX theater which is housed in a round, mirrored building called La Géode.
With all that there is to see and do in Paris’s Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, you and your kids are sure to stay occupied for an entire day at least, maybe two!
Looking for more family-friendly ideas for your itinerary? Find all of our suggestions in our article on what to do in Paris with kids.
Cité des Sciences
Poinçon
The Hardware Société
Le Saint-Régis
Pantagruel
Brasserie La Lorraine
Du Pain et Des Idées
Brasserie Dubillot
Granite
Giorgio
Bouillon Julien
FIEF
Fluctuat
Le Four du 12
Café A
Aux Petits Oignons
Le Coupe-Chou
Les Vins des Dames
Bouillon Chartier
Lapérouse
Monsieur Bleu
Chez Gladines
Le Voltaire
Misso
Bambou
Septime
Il Cottage
Le Chalet de Neuilly
Georges
Le Pantruche
Le Radis Beurre
La Felicità, Station F
Le Comptoir du Relais Saint Germain
Vaudeville
Le Troquet
Le Grand Bain
Ralph’s
Terra
Can Alegria
Bisou.
Paname Brewing Company
Mezcaleria
Berthillon
Willi’s Wine Bar
Dose – Dealer du Café (Batignolles)
Rosa Bonheur – Buttes Chaumont
Mr Culbuto
Boca Dos
Le Comptoir Général
Anticafé
Dragon
Candelarìa
La Péniche Antipode
Castor Club
La Belle Hortense
Le Mary Celeste
Fitzgerald
Café de Flore
Le Syndicat
Night Flight
Tiger
Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels
Le Bar Dix
Le Bouclier de Bacchus
CloudM
Strada Café
Le Perchoir de l’Est
Divine
Le Renard Bar
Wild & the Moon
Le Peloton
Le Pavillon des Canaux
Dose – Dealer de Café (Mouffetard)
Café Kitsuné – Palais Royal
Angelina
L’Abribus Café
Le Perchoir Marais
La Samaritaine
Eataly
Antique & Used Book Market, Marché du Livre
La Cure Gourmande
Marché Belgrand
Bercy Village
Les Puces de Vanves
Liquides
Passy Covered Market
Le Bon Marché
Printemps
Le Bazar de l’Hôtel de Ville
Koshka Mashka
Galeries Lafayette
Librairie Galignani
Buly 1803
Androuet
The Frankie Shop
Shakespeare and Company
Assouline – Saint Germain
Fromagerie Quatrehomme
Legrand Filles et Fils
Empreintes
The Abbey Bookshop
Aujourd’hui Demain
Artazart
CityPharma
Verbreuil
TWINS Concept Store
Merci
L’Eau et Les Rêves
Alix D. Reynis
Marché Saint-Pierre
L’Eclair de Génie
Matières à Réflexion
Erotokritos
L’Appartement Sézane
Musée Carnavalet
Square Marcel Bleustein Blanchet
Bourse de Commerce
Square Édouard VII
Musée de Montmartre
Rue Denoyez
Le Village Saint Paul
Square des Batignolles
Wall of ‘I Love You’
Les Champs-Elysées
Galerie Perrotin
Fluctuart
Galerie Kamel Mennour
Atelier des Lumières
Fondation Louis Vuitton
Institut du Monde Arabe
59 Rivoli
Parc de Belleville
Square Barye
Rue des Eaux
Parc Monceau
Arènes de Lutèce
Musée Nissim de Camondo
Musée Jacquemart-André
L’Hôtel de Sully
Centre Pompidou
La Sainte-Chapelle
Cimetière du Montparnasse
Galerie Vivienne
Maison de Balzac
La Conciergerie
Gertrude Stein’s Apartment
Musée de l’Homme
Place Dauphine
Notre Dame Cathedral
Maison de Victor Hugo
Rue Cler
Musée Marmottan Monet
Rue Daguerre
Musée des Arts Forains
La Seine Musicale
Aquaboulevard
Supersonic
BAM Karaoke Box
Cirque d’Hiver Bouglione
Moulin Rouge
Crazy Horse Paris
Folies Bergère
Le Grand Rex
Théâtre Michel
Gossima Ping-Pong Bar
Playground Duperré
‘Oh My God, She’s Parisian’ Comedy Show
Les Petites Flèches
Le Louxor
La Gare
Théâtre du Châtelet
Café Oz – Denfert
Bus Palladium
Open-Air Cinema at La Villette
Les Bains du Marais
Aux Bains Montorgueil
Hammam Les Cent Ciels
Free Persephone
Spa My Blend by Clarins
Peninsula Spa
The Spa at Mandarin Oriental Paris
-
30 Avenue Corentin Cariou
-
75019 Paris
Leave a Reply