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Permanent exhibition Bio-inspired at the Cité des sciences et de l'industrie

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Exposition permanente Bio-inspirée à la Cité des sciences et de l'industrie

With its new permanent space and its bio-lab, the Cité des sciences et de l'industrie explores the sources of education in the living world. Presented in the greenhouse, the exhibition Bio-inspirée, une autre approche bears witness to organisms that have developed know-how to protect themselves, adapt to their environment and resist change.

A sensory journey to explore living things

By exploring the living world through a sensory path, visitors discover the biomimicry approach, which aims to draw inspiration from the living world to imagine a more sustainable and harmonious world.

As soon as they enter, visitors move along a path of plants and sounds are triggered as they pass. All the senses are on alert. Once in the greenhouse (built by architect Dominique Perrault in 1997), the visitor discovers three eco-systems:

  • a coral reef and its macroalgal bioreactor ;
  • a mangrove ;
  • a forest floor and its permaculture garden.

Biomimetics allow us to imagine sustainable development models and bio-inspired solutions that the public discovers thanks to the fun and interactive devices at their disposal (games, quizzes, models, films, etc.).

A new mediation space

At the heart of the exhibition, the BioLab is an open space for discussion and experimentation on the environment and microscopic organisms.
Visitors are invited to question themselves, to observe... They are actors and contribute to participatory science projects to raise awareness of the challenges of the ecological transition.

Practical information

Exhibition in French, English and Spanish.
From 11 years old.

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Cité des sciences et de l'industrie
30 avenue Corentin Cariou

75019 PARIS
48.895602300000014 , 2.3879187962951764
Getting there Getting there
Metro : METRO 7 Porte de la Villette
265m
Metro : METRO 7 Corentin Cariou
434m
TRAMWAY : TRAM T3b Porte de la Villette
225m
TRAMWAY : TRAM T3b Ella Fitzgerald
554m
TRAMWAY : TRAM T3b Canal Saint-Denis
642m
TRAMWAY : TRAM T3b Delphine Seyrig
742m
Bus : 139, 150, 152
Railway station : Pantin
Metro : Ligne 7, Porte de la Villette
Road : Périphérique, Porte de la Villette.
Tram : T3b
Cité des sciences et de l'industrie, 30 avenue Corentin Cariou, 75019 PARIS
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