Audio GuideMusée des Arts et Métiers

The Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris offers an engaging journey through the history of science and industry. Founded in seventeen ninety-four, this museum began as a repository for scientific instruments and inventions and has grown into a modern museum housed in a former priory and church. Its architecture conveys history through a blend of the original religious design and later neo-Gothic renovations.

Karine Laroche

Inside, the museum organizes its treasures into themed collections that span scientific instruments, materials, energy, mechanics, construction, communication, and transportation. Visitors will discover the graceful swing of the famous Foucault pendulum in its original church setting, Pascal’s mechanical calculator that recalls the work of early innovators, and early steam-powered vehicles linked to figures such as Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot. There are also pioneering aviation models that illustrate the bold beginnings of flight.

Madame Debby

The museum not only charts the progression of technological innovation from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries but has also made its mark in popular culture through literature and film. Guided tours, interactive demonstrations, and educational workshops enrich the experience, providing foreign tourists a clear and captivating insight into a dynamic period of history.

Fatma Albuainain