– IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE IN HISTORY –
From 7 years old
From 7 years old
5% discount on tickets with the code FAMILIAUTUMN5
The Cité de l’histoire, a museum under the Arche de La Défense
- WE LIKE : innovative technology at the service of pedagogy. A family immersion in the heart of history
- WHERE : in Puteaux – Sous l’Arche de la Défense – La Défense (92)
- AGE : from 7 years old
- DATE : Wednesday to Sunday, year-round
- OPENING HOURS : Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday from 10am to 7pm (10am to 8pm on Saturday)
- NOCTURNE : until 8 p.m. on Saturday
- CLOSED : Mondays
- FREE : for children under 7 years old
- THE PLUS: a restaurant area and a bookshop-shop
This new private museum has 6000m2 under the Arche de La Défense. Its aim is to attract history lovers without claiming to replace the museum or the visit of a monument. No works will be presented. Its fun and educational journey is aimed more particularly at the general public and families who discover history thanks to advanced technology.
- A universe designed by the decorator Jacques Garcia to enter into breathtaking staging and scenery
- A 360° cinema called an ellipse. 70 meters in circumference and 7 meters high
- A 170-metre-long timeline covering 2,500 years of history, all civilisations, all countries combined
- Every month, at the Cité de l’Histoire, eminent historians come to share their passion for the past during conferences on various subjects. (consult the programme on the school’s website)
5% discount on tickets with the code FAMILIAUTUMN5
An unforgettable journey through time!
3 visual and sound attractions that make us relive the past
- The immersive tour “The Key of the Centuries” : 40 minutes to be a privileged witness of major events
- Accessible continuously, it is a tour of 17 rooms in 4 dimensions
- A multisensory experience where you will feel temperatures, drafts, movements, humidity, hear sounds, touch textures, …
- 360° ellipse “In the Time of the Musketeers’ : 15 min of show (until April 5, 2024)
- In videomapping, a 360° projection in a huge arena in the shape of an ellipse
- to dive into the Paris of Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu, to attend the training of the musketeers and to attend social evenings! The show takes place several times a day
- Following the timeline “The Corridor of Time” and becoming an expert in history, it takes about 1 hour
- To discover thegiant digital and interactive timeline of 400 major dates in the history of the world
- The 26 touchscreen navigation terminals and interactive projections full of surprises
- and 15 periods of human history that you can choose from
An unprecedented immersion in history
- The most innovative technologies have been used for this immersive experience: video mapping, 360° elliptical projection…
- A meeting of the great figures who have forged small and large history, in the captivating secrets of humanity…
- A space entirely dedicated to history, a universe inspired by the different eras… all imagined by Franck Ferrand, directed by Thierry Rétif and produced by Amaclio Productions, a company renowned for its immersive historical shows.
- It’s a great experience to live with family or friends with children and teenagers !
