Current programme in full
Actuellement
A world in colours, from Gabriel Lippmann to nanophotonic technology
June 16 2009 - May 2 2010
Exhibition
Le palais de la Découverte
Imagine darkened rooms and treasure chests scintillating with colour. Welcome to "A world in colour", an amazing journey in search of colour and its components. The exhibition traces the story from the extraordinary photographic work of Gabriel Lippmann, inspired inventor of the colour process, to its descendants, today's exciting nanotechnologies. The exhibition also commemorates the centenary of Lippmann Nobel Prize for Physics, awarded in 1908!
Tuesday to Saturday, 9:30 am to 6:00 pm; Sundays and public holidays, 10:00 am to 7:00 pm.
Full price: 7€ - Reduced price: 4.50€
Planetarium: 3.5 € extra
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Tuesday to Saturday, 9:30 am to 6:00 pm; Sundays and public holidays, 10:00 am to 7:00 pm.
Full price: 7€ - Reduced price: 4.50€
Planetarium: 3.5 € extra
See the exhibition Web site
Actuellement
What the dinosaurs ate
December 10 2009 - May 2 2010
Exhibition
Le palais de la Découverte
This new exhibition, stunningly set in a spectacular décor with animated, life-size dinosaurs, will thrill adults and children alike! Dinosaurs are back at the Palais de la découverte. This time visitors will be invited to play the role of the palaeontologist and examine the dietary habits of the strange giants that once roamed the planet. "Vegetarian" dinosaurs thrived on plants but, without grass to feed on, what exactly did they eat? The observation of highly realistic animated models, reconstructed life-size skeletons, and reconstituted archaeological digs with a live demonstration of how dinosaur bones are uncovered are all part of the trail.
Numerous species will be up for scrutiny, from the brachiosaurus to the edmontosaurus, not to forget the tyrannosaurus, the velociraptor, and other stars of the dinosaur age… The dietary behaviour of the oviraptor is specifically spotlighted. This is the only dinosaur whose favourite foods remain a mystery. Throughout the exhibition would-be palaeontologists will be offered a number of sometimes contradictory clues and invited to come to their own conclusions.
Open Tuesday to Saturday: 9:30 am - 6:00 pm, (last entrance at 5:30 pm)
Sundays and public holidays: 10:00 am - 7:00 pm, (last entrance at 6:30 pm)
Closed Mondays except December 21 and 28 (opening times 10:00 am - 6:00 pm) and on January 1, May 1, July 14, August 15 and December 25.
Full price: 7 €; Reduced price: 4.50€; free for children under 5;
Additional fee for planetarium: 3.50€; Additional fee for some workshops: 1.50 €
Voir le site de l'exposition
Numerous species will be up for scrutiny, from the brachiosaurus to the edmontosaurus, not to forget the tyrannosaurus, the velociraptor, and other stars of the dinosaur age… The dietary behaviour of the oviraptor is specifically spotlighted. This is the only dinosaur whose favourite foods remain a mystery. Throughout the exhibition would-be palaeontologists will be offered a number of sometimes contradictory clues and invited to come to their own conclusions.
Open Tuesday to Saturday: 9:30 am - 6:00 pm, (last entrance at 5:30 pm)
Sundays and public holidays: 10:00 am - 7:00 pm, (last entrance at 6:30 pm)
Closed Mondays except December 21 and 28 (opening times 10:00 am - 6:00 pm) and on January 1, May 1, July 14, August 15 and December 25.
Full price: 7 €; Reduced price: 4.50€; free for children under 5;
Additional fee for planetarium: 3.50€; Additional fee for some workshops: 1.50 €
Voir le site de l'exposition
Actuellement
Turner and his painters
February 24 2010 - May 24 2010
Exhibition
Les Galeries nationales du Grand Palais
Throughout his very long career, the deeply original British landscape painter J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) drew inspiration from works by both old masters and contemporaries. Turner was often uneasy, fussy and even deliberately competitive, but these relationships with his predecessors and peers was always productive, fuelling his progress along his most demanding path.
The "Turner and his painters" exhibition retraces and illustrates the development of Turner's very personal vision, through the many chance or deliberate, but always opportune and enriching interaction that influenced his remarkable career. Nearly 100 paintings and other graphic works (studies and engravings) from major British and American collections, as well as the Louvre and the Prado will be on show.
Open: 9 am to 10 pm Friday to Monday; 9 am to 2 pm on Tuesday, 10 am to 10 pm on
Wednesday, 10 am to 8 pm on Thursday. Close on May 1st
Admission: € 11 - concession €8 (visitors aged 13-25, job seekers, large families)
See the exhibition website
The "Turner and his painters" exhibition retraces and illustrates the development of Turner's very personal vision, through the many chance or deliberate, but always opportune and enriching interaction that influenced his remarkable career. Nearly 100 paintings and other graphic works (studies and engravings) from major British and American collections, as well as the Louvre and the Prado will be on show.
Open: 9 am to 10 pm Friday to Monday; 9 am to 2 pm on Tuesday, 10 am to 10 pm on
Wednesday, 10 am to 8 pm on Thursday. Close on May 1st
Admission: € 11 - concession €8 (visitors aged 13-25, job seekers, large families)
See the exhibition website
Upcoming
Art Paris + Guests
March 18 - 22 2010
Exhibition
The Nave
The artistic event of the spring, Art Paris is back at the Grand Palais with a new concept. Art Paris draws on the strength of the network of Paris galleries that are such active players on the international art market. This fair gives them the opportunity to create "an event within the event" by joining up with partners - "Guests" - or other international galleries, foundations, collectors, and even designers, writers, film directors, architects, fashions designers, musicians, and top chefs... Art Paris + Guests aims to become a place to meet and exchange ideas, reflecting the vitality of the Paris art market and the French art scene.
With Art Paris + Guests, placing the emphasis on invention and crossover, gallery owners and their guest partners or co-producers become the exhibition's associate commissioners. The glass roof of the Grand Palais sheds a new light on the range and strength of the Paris art scene.
Daily from 11 am to 8 pm - Monday, March 22 until 6 pm
Entrance fee : 20 € - 10 € for artists and students
See the event in the History part
See the exhibition website
With Art Paris + Guests, placing the emphasis on invention and crossover, gallery owners and their guest partners or co-producers become the exhibition's associate commissioners. The glass roof of the Grand Palais sheds a new light on the range and strength of the Paris art scene.
Daily from 11 am to 8 pm - Monday, March 22 until 6 pm
Entrance fee : 20 € - 10 € for artists and students
See the event in the History part
See the exhibition website
Upcoming
The "Saut Hermès» horse show in the Grand Palais
April 3 4 2010
Event
The Nave
On April 3 & 4 2010, Hermès, one of the big names in French fashion, will be bringing horses and horsemanship back to downtown Paris, reviving a great tradition of equestrian events in the Grand Palais. The "Saut Hermès", organised by Hermès in partnership with GL Events and the Grand Palais, will combine sport, culture and the arts, and celebrate different aspects of the equestrian world.
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