A la Une
Monumenta 2010: Christian Boltanski - Personnes
January 13 - February 21 2010
Exhibition
The Nave
For its 3rd edition, the Monumenta exhibition has invited one of France's leading artists: Christian Boltanski. The installation, specially designed for Monumenta by the narrator and chronicler of individual memory, is intended as a powerful experience, on both the physical and psychological levels, a spectacular moment of emotion querying the nature and meaning of humanity. Combining visual impact with sound, it will pursue the artist's consideration of the limits of humanity and the essential dimension that is memory, while at the same time approaching a new theme: the question of destiny and the ineluctability of death.
Admission:
Full price 4 euros - Reduced price: 2 euros
Opening times
Daily except Tuesday. From 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday and Wednesday. From 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Thursday to Sunday
See the event in the History part
See the event website and buy your tickets online
Admission:
Full price 4 euros - Reduced price: 2 euros
Opening times
Daily except Tuesday. From 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday and Wednesday. From 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Thursday to Sunday
See the event in the History part
See the event website and buy your tickets online
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
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
See the exhibition Web site
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
Grand Palais' News
Nominations
Jean-Paul Cluzel as the new president of the EPGPCE (Etablissement public du Grand Palais des Champs Elysées), the Grand Palais management body.
At the proposal of Jean-Paul Cluzel, President of the Etablissement public du Grand Palais, the French Ministry of Culture and Communication has appointed Fabrice Lacroix as Secretary General of the Grand Palais.
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At the proposal of Jean-Paul Cluzel, President of the Etablissement public du Grand Palais, the French Ministry of Culture and Communication has appointed Fabrice Lacroix as Secretary General of the Grand Palais.
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2009/2010 Season at the Grand Palais
Honey is harvested for the first time at the Grand Palais
The first honey harvest at the Grand Palais has yielded 50 kg (110 1lb.).
The experiment has been so successful that the Grand Palais management body, the EPGPCE have decided to add three new hives in the spring of 2010, and Grand Palais honey will go on sale in the autumn of 2010.
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The experiment has been so successful that the Grand Palais management body, the EPGPCE have decided to add three new hives in the spring of 2010, and Grand Palais honey will go on sale in the autumn of 2010.
Find out more
The Grand Palais launches its iPhone application
Available for free downloads from the Apple Store: the Grand Palais application invites you to learn about the history of the building, life behind the scenes and milestone events!
Business report 2007-2008
The Grand Palais is publishing its first business report, spanning the period from the setting up of the building's new management body, the EPGPCE, in May 2007 till December 2008. During this time, excellent attendance levels were recorded, rewarding an inventive and challenging programme of events, supported by a restoration and development plan to optimise the building's great potential, and new communication instruments designed to enhance the visibility, prestige and popularity of the Grand Palais worldwide.
Tuesdays in the Grand Palais
Starting on November 25 2008, in partnership with the publishers PUF (Presses universitaires de France), the Grand Palais is introducing a new event that will be open to all: "Tuesdays in the Grand Palais". From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., every Tuesday evening the general public will be invited to attend and join in these weekly debates.
Grandpalais.fr won the FWA (Favourite Website Award) on August 30 2008
On August 30 2008 the virtual tour of the Grand Palais won the FWA (Favorite Website Award Site of the Day). This international prize is awarded in recognition of the most innovative and creative Web sites. It is a great reward for the twenty members of the project team who, for six months, worked their way through thousands of calculations, photos and drawings.
A look behind the scenes at the making of the virtual tour of grandpalais.fr
The Grand Palais was built in three years, but how long did it take to reconstruct it in 3D computer imagery? From photos to three-dimensional modelling via calculations, lighting and some unexpected challenges, Quadriges explains a technological and artistic achievement: the making of the virtual tour, step by step.
Changing of the colours
May 2008
A major landmark in the Paris skyline at night, the French flag flies proudly on the roof of the Grand Palais. Victim of the vagaries of the weather, it has just been changed. This is always an impressive sight, some 200 feet above ground at the top of the glass roof.
A major landmark in the Paris skyline at night, the French flag flies proudly on the roof of the Grand Palais. Victim of the vagaries of the weather, it has just been changed. This is always an impressive sight, some 200 feet above ground at the top of the glass roof.
