Saturday, March 6, 2010

March 3: Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie (City of Sciences and Industry)

You know how some types of places are alike, no matter where they are located? Like airports or cheap Chinese restaurants. Well, science museums are like that, too: the world over, they have the same exhibitions, the same crowds of screaming children and exhausted grandparents, the same IMAX theaters. Some science museums do a slightly better job at being educational or interesting, but Paris’ City of Sciences and Industry is not one of these (e.g., the only kid I saw who appeared to be actually engaged in an exhibition was, on closer inspection, just leaning on the exhibition and playing his Gameboy). No need to waste your time in France on it and its pervasive lukewarm hotdog smell.