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Palais de la Découverte



FRANCE , , PARIS
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Palais de la Découverte
Palais de la Découverte
Palais de la Découverte
Palais de la Découverte
Palais de la Découverte
Palais de la Découverte
Palais de la Découverte
Palais de la Découverte
Palais de la Découverte
Palais de la Découverte


Type: Science Center
Opened in 1952
Closed in 1979
Address: Avenue Franklin Roosevelt - 75008 Paris
Country: FRANCE
Email: 


Website: http://www.palais-decouverte.fr/index.php?id=703


Team
Jean Perrin,







355 seats











Dome of  23.5m




Technical
Optical system ZEISS : Model-II

Facilities
Exhibit area: 23000m²

Operation

History
- May 24, 1937: opening Palais de la Decouverte for the Paris World's Fair: the planetarium was at 250m at SW (on the banks of the Seine river)
- 11 November 1937: stored in the basement of the CNAM* at the end of the 1937 Paris World's Fair
- January to May 1952: built of the 23m dome in the Hall d'Antin in the Palais de la Decouverte
- 27 June 1952: opening of the new planetarium (same Zeiss II)
- 19 April 1979: last session (see 3223)
- November 1979: new dome to the first floor: 15m/201s/Zeiss RFP-DP


Comments
*CNAM: Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers (MBA school and technical Museum)


Latitude: 48°51'58" N  -  Longitude: 2°18'39" E  -  Altitude: 33m

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