La Villette - Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie

In the words of its director, Maurice Levy, the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in Paris is a large communications center rather than a museum. The object is to make science and technology accessible to ordinary people and to explain to visitors their development in France, the present state of the art and the prospects for the future. The Cité is also designed as a platform for the exchange of ideas between all French firms working in these fields.

Over the central concourse of the museum, where the visit begins, are spherical domes through which sunlight is transmitted into the museum through a system of movable mirrors. The interior is in the form of a full-size replica of an American space station.