Industrial Developments

“Industrial Evolutions”, the exhibition on slow industrialization in the world

It is generally referred to as the “Industrial Revolution”. With “Industrial Evolutions”, the exhibition at the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie tackles a preconceived idea and shows the slow process of industrialization in the world, a phenomenon that began well before the eighteenth century. Analysing our relationship to technical objects, work and discourse, the exhibition attempts to deconstruct the myth of the industrial revolution.

• FOR WHOM : for teenagers from 14 – 15 years old
• WHEN : until April 2, 2023
• WHERE : at the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie (Paris 19th)
• OPENING HOURS : Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 6pm – Sunday from 10am to 7pm
• CLOSED : Monday, December 25, January 1

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The exhibition is organized around 7 highlights:

• From fog to cloud: from the London fog of the 18th century to the digital cloud of the 21st century, to situate the visitor in the long term
• Transformations : through 2 installations, the exhibition shows the increase in production and consumption and its transformations of industrialization
• The Time of Objects : How We Transform the World by Making Objects That in Turn Transform Us…
• Homo faber : the question of work, from the mine to the digital platform
• Big Stories : Is Industrialization a Threat or a Solution for Mankind?
• Rebound effect : the phenomenon that leads to an innovation aimed at a more efficient use of energy or resources to lead to an increase in the consumption of this resource and energy
• Augmented Earth, Diminished Earth : Presentation of the Gigantic and Invisible Digital Infrastructures