Palace of discoveries - and in fact the Palace Museum is located in the west wing of the Grand Palais, by the River Seine and the Champs Elysees. Magnificent building in one of the most prestigious places in Paris given to children.

Himself Grand Palais was built for the World Exhibition of 1900 on the project of three architects: Henri Deglana (some overlooking the Avenue Churchill), Albert Louvet (middle) and Albert-Félix-Théophile Thomas (opening on Roosevelt Avenue). It is in this latter part of 1937 on the initiative of Nobel laureate physicist Jean Perrin for the next World Exhibition was organized by the temporary exhibition on the achievements of science. It was such a success that it was decided on the basis of it establish a permanent museum.

Jean Perrin conceived the exhibition as a "highlight the importance of science and its crucial role in the development of civilization." This objective was achieved in full: a museum for decades has always attracted adults and children. It is estimated that approximately 50% of the scientific achievements of France of the second half of the XX century - the result of the work of scientists as a child visiting the Palace of discoveries.

Today the palace - a 25,000 square meters of thematic exhibitions devoted to physics, mathematics, astronomy, geology, chemistry and biology. Visitors participate in numerous exciting and very interactive experiments. Here are allowed to touch the exhibits hands to press any buttons. Excursions are employees of the museum, like cheerful eccentric scientists.

In the planetarium of the Palace can be seen any celestial phenomena in the solar system and beyond, to measure the distance to the planets and stars. The presentation of the museum come true scientists who tell students about their studies - they can ask any questions, and they are willing to meet! The lecture on the electrostatic voltage of 350 thousand volts makes the hair stand on end volunteers. In the discussion on the superconductivity can be observed levitating objects. All the experiments and their results in the museum is absolutely real.

Every day passes to sixty scientific presentations and master classes for students - of course, in French. But even just watch what is happening extremely interesting.