Museums in Paris: Musée des Arts et Metiers

Another wonderful Paris museum is the Musée des Arts et Metiers.  The museum, located in a former abbey in the 3rd arrondissement, is dedicated to science and technology over the centuries.  The museum was founded during the Revolution in 1794 for training technicians and engineers.  Over time, the institution transformed into a museum.    

Here a photographic tour of the Musée des Arts et Metiers.  

Below, in front of the museum, Marie-Chantal poses like the Statue of Liberty, holding her iPhone as a flame.  

The museum has numerous displays of scientific equipment of all types.  For example, below is a recreation of the laboratory of French scientist Antoine Lavoisier, with many original artifacts.  Lavoisier is considered the father of modern chemistry.  

Lavoisier's laboratory, with Marie-Chantal in the background

Antoine Lavoisier

The museum has all sorts of devices and inventions.  Here are a few that Jean-Claude found interesting: a clock, a toaster and a robotic squirrel.  

The museum has countless models depicting all sorts of things, such as a porcelain kiln, the dome of Les Invalides, a building under construction, and the Statue of Liberty.  

The building pictured above is located near our apartment.

In the former church of the abbey, we discovered a collection of vintage automobiles.

Two of the museum's best displays are an early airplane and Foucault's Pendulum.

Foucault's Pendulum

You can see Foucault's Pendulum in action by clicking on the video below.

In celebration of the museum's bicentennial, the interior of subway stop was renovated in 1994.  The industrial-themed stop is very cool.    

Thanks for visiting the Musée des Arts et Metiers with us.