The Palais de la Découverte is a museum dedicated to the discovery of sciences.

It covers a lot of topics, grouped into 4 areas:

• Earth and the universe
• Matter and energy
• Mathematics
• Life

A lot of life experiments are conducted, and the planetarium offers thematic sessions.

It has its own scientific review (in french), called "la revue du palais de la découverte".

The Palais de la Découverte is located near the "Grand Palais", mainly dedicated to fine arts.