FamxplorMusée des Confluences
What to expect
The Musée des Confluences is a science centre and anthropology museum located in Lyon, France. The museum features a collection of natural science, anthropology, and Earth Sciences, with four major exhibitions: 'Origins - Stories of the World', 'Species — the Web of life', 'Societies — Human theatre,' and 'Eternities — Visions of the beyond'. The museum's deconstructivist architectural design, resembling a floating crystal cloud of stainless steel and glass, was created by the Austrian firm Coop Himmelb(l)au. With a total area of 22,000 m2, the museum offers nine concurrent exhibitions, four discovery spaces, and two auditoriums, making it a great place to visit with family and friends
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Activities: We spent a good half-day exploring the Museum of Confluences, which features exhibits on world civilizations, dinosaurs, fossils, and the origins of humankind
Highlights: The kids were amazed by the dinosaur exhibits and the giant ammonites. We all found the museum to be very informative and engaging ✨
CONFLUENCES MUSEUM
Activities: We went to the Musée des Confluences, which opened a year ago in Lyon. We visited dozens of permanent and temporary exhibition halls about the world and its evolution. It was a rainy day and we were looking for something to do with our friends who had come from afar
Highlights: We, as adults, loved the museum, it's interesting and fun, the dinosaur skeletons are impressive... The view from the roof of the building is also impressive. For our 25-month-old, it was a bit more difficult, the rooms are rather dark, with a focus on the exhibits with strong lighting. She was a bit scared of this atmosphere, but she liked running in the big corridors between the rooms or on the walkways ✨
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