However old your children or teenagers are, Paris will offer them numerous and wonderful visits for pleasure, culture, amusement and incredible discoveries...
You'll find below 6 places which I particularly like because myself or my children appreciated them so much !
And here is a guide to help you make the right choices, fit to your children or teenagers :
♥ If they love to be afraid : the Manoir de Paris ! and the catacombes de Paris :
♥ If they love art The choice is huge ! My prefered museum is le musée d'Orsay : much smaller than le Louvre, but so wonderful. Go to the 6th floor, the floor of the impressionnists. You will see there gorgeous paintings.
And here is the list of the present exhibitions you can visit.
Children can touch... Everything !
When I was a child, I used to love this place ! There's so much to discover, amusing, strange and fascinating phenomenons...
At the Palais de la découverte, children are allowed to get close to the objects which are part of the exhibits. Touching them is even part of the experience, everything's interactive.
The staff always performs live experiments which reveals science such as it really is. And there is a planetarium where you can discover stars and planets...
Did you know ?
The museum has a real life moon rock, brought by Apollo 11 in 1969.
A gift from the United States.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY : AN AMAZING BIODIVERSITY !!
The "musée national de l'histoire naturelle" is composed of different gardens and buildings, including a zoo.
However, the most impressive gallery is the Evolution Gallery, with 7 000 specimens... You'll find real-size exhibits, animals and maritimes, interactive animations, lighting and sound shows. All of which underline the importance of earth's biodiversity.
Did you know ?
The museum's collection hosts about 68 millions specimens !
A MAGICAL PLACE !
Located in the bois de Boulogne, west of Paris, the Jardin d'Acclimatation is a big open air theme park. Everything is for children !
The park was entirely renovated in 2018 a-with 40 attractions : everything for children ! Enjoy four fabulous roller-coasters - its activities that can amuse children as well as parents, and its 18 hectares where you can walk around.
My children used to love this place! We used to go there as a treat when they worked well in school...
Did you know ?
The famous Fondation Louis Vuitton is located right next to the Jardin d'Acclimatation. A good opportunity to go visit this "exceptional place for art and culture" (Bernard Arnault)
THE BIGGEST SCIENCE MUSEUM IN EUROPE !
In the Cité des sciences et de l'Industrie, you'll discover many scientific and technological domains, such as car engineering, energy, mathematics, light, sound, human, space and astronomy, health, nature, agriculture...
Also, don't miss the planetarium's, the Géode's (an IMAX cinema) and Cinaxe's (an amazing simulator) shows.
An extraordinary program of discoveries...
Did you know ?
Finally, there's the Cité des enfants (children's city), for 2 to 7 years old and 5 to 12 years old. Follow the program...
WAXWORK FIGURES...
The musée Grévin is a private museum in which you'll find waxwork figures of famous people. You'll also find a theater and a hall of mirrors (Attraction using the principle of the optical illusion).
Meet more than 200 celebrities in amazing settings ! Want to see Louis XIV or Jean Reno ? Under Ryan Gosling's spell or fascinated by the sparkling Katy Perry ? Meet all of them during a visit that will be full of surprises, in extraordinary themed settings !
Did you know ?
The museum has no less than 200 wax figures such as Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, Michael Jackson, Alfred Hitchcock...
Numerous scenes of France's history are reconstituted, like theLouis XVI's captivity in the temple or Joan of Arc on the stake.
Le Manoir de Paris : Goosebumps and fun guaranteed!
Le Manoir de Paris is Paris' first haunted show, bringing to life the legends of Paris. Set in a prestigious building in the heart of Paris, step into the darkness for this interactive walk-through. Discover what lies in the shadows in the City of Light. Immerse yourself in a new theatrical experience, and discover the terrible history of Paris as brought to life by over 30 professional actors. A unique live show and a must-see for thrill seekers.
If you wish to have more informations on the subject, you'll find in your flat's bookshelf many books dedicated to children in Paris ! Including this one that's in English.
