*** (29/05/2017 03:43)
Great exhibitions and scientific experiments (some of them are quite impressive or even frightening!)

*** (24/05/2016 21:29)
Be aware that the ticket for the Planetarium is not included and you need to buy a supplement. Its more for kids with interesting talks but it feels a bit old and needs updating. I think kids would love it actually.

*** (16/09/2017 11:58)
Science museum, a little bit oldish, but accurate, very goo temporary exhibitions, and live demonstrations of scientific experiments (all in french, though)

Reservations are recommended for exhibitions which require a speaker but if you go here with one or two other people you can easily slide in within a group, even if it was shown as full on their website. That way, we were easily able to attend presentations with school groups, but make sure not to answer all the questions if you do the same thing.

*** (21/11/2017 15:45)
As a retired scientist and teacher, I like to see how the different places I visit present science to the public. This is not so much a science museum, as an interactive experience center for visitors, that attempts to cover a wide of sciences. It is not the main science museum in Paris which is on the northern outskirts of the city. As a non-tourist oriented place, all the signage is in French, but I expected that, and that is not a part of my rating. A few of the interactive displays were novel and interesting. An unsatisfactorily large number of the interactive exhibits were posted as out of order, and others also did not work. For a few it was not clear what they were supposed to be demonstrating, or what they were actually supposed to be operated. A lot of the optics exhibits seemed out of alignment and were dirty. There were a few exhibits and displayed items with no signage, and what they were supposed to show was not clear. The static exhibit halls were mostly a miss. The astronomy hall was best of the static exhibits. The paleontology hall was mostly empty. (There is a much better museum for that in Paris.) There are numerous mini-lecture halls where demonstrations are given in a variety of sciences. They seemed well done, but if you don't understand French you won't get much out of them. I think they require group reservations, but I'm not sure. The museum has a large number of school groups that attend during the day, making it sometimes a very noisy place. There is a nice planetarium, but when I tried to attend the last one of the day I learned that an additional ticket and a reservation was required. The attendant at the door spoke English, but was singularly unwilling to explain how to get a ticket or make a reservations. Tickets could not be purchased at the door, and the planetarium ticket is not listed at the main ticket office before you enter the museum. So how this works I never figured out. You would think once someone had entered the museum, the planetarium tickets would be available at the door! The attendant had the same indifferent, uncooperative attitude that was the norm 45 years ago when I first started visiting Paris, and which for the most part is no longer the case. So despite a few interesting things, the several negatives made this one of the less interesting science museums I have visited over the years.

*** (02/12/2016 10:07)
Very interesting science related exhibitions. We loved the sound lab and the static electricity lab.

The presentations are VERY entertaining for both kids and adults, and the speakers - that we encountered that day, at least - were very good. While older ones may already know about most topics, it's always a treat to see and feel shown experiments. We had adults and kids feeling static electricity, being zapped (lightly!) or even attempting to touch liquid nitrogen after being explained why and how it is safe to do so.

*** (12/08/2017 20:52)
The musee pass also need a ticket. The stuff there is not very friendly. Also Twice security. Maybe just I am Asian.But inside is good.

Overall a fantastic experience. Highly recommended.

While I'd recommend you to bring your own food (as food here is quite expensive), the fact that your ticket grants access to the Palais for the full day is really nice as it allows you to take a break for lunch and come back right after.

*** (16/12/2016 17:44)
Amazing place to go for anyone even remotely interested in science or technology. Great for kids as well !

*** (18/06/2017 22:09)
Interesting place! A few experiments are explained in English. Mostly in French!
Major set back: NO AIR CONDITIONING!!!

*** (31/07/2016 14:06)
Museum architecture is really beautiful. good place for local or tourist people. Its not far from Eiffel Tower. Must visit this place when you visit Paris.

*** (16/12/2017 07:05)
One of the staff was rude she shouted at my 1 year old daughter I can't believe it when I asked her why you shouted at my child she said here is France your child has not right to cry that loud I went to complain to the manager but they ignore too I will never ever go there

*** (20/01/2017 01:05)
A well-curated and interactive science museum, but with very little information in English and mainly targeted at kids.

*** (23/06/2017 02:23)
I went there for a whole day during summer. It has very interesting both permanent and temporary exhibitions covering various topics of science, such as astronomy, geology, biology or chemistry.