Visits for groups at the Jardin des Sciences de Dijon [Garden of the Sciences]
A planetarium that will make your head spin
Comfortably seated, you will travel into space and learn how to identify the constellations, the planets... The planetarium is a privileged place to understand the origin of the solar system and learn how to "read" the sky in a playful way.
You have a choice between 2 shows - "Regard vers le Cosmos" (last years of primary school level) - "Planètes à l'horizon" (all levels)
Price of the session: 10 € per class (students + accompanying adults)
Sessions schedule:
Monday, Thursday and Friday: 9.30 a.m., 10.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., 3.30 p.m.
Wednesday: 10 a.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m.
Booking required for groups: 03 80 48 82 08 or ddeflandre@ville-dijon.fr
A permanent exhibition: "De l'Etoile au Minéral" ["From the Star to the Mineral"]
FREE ENTRANCE
This permanent exhibition gives, in addition to the astronomy show, the references needed to the comprehension of our Earth's history. Our galaxy, the solar system and its formation, the meteorites, the Earth, the seasons, the stones and the minerals, ...
Opening hours: 9 a.m. - 12 a.m. / 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Closing day: Tuesday
The museum: Pavillon de l'Arquebuse
FREE ENTRANCE
Historic residence dating from XVII century, this pavilion preserves, shows, and exploits an unsuspected scientific patrimony in the various fields of Natural Science, zoology, geology, mineralogy, entomology...
A part of this patrimony is arranged into scenes to explain the sciences that rule the nature. Round its federative theme "The animal kingdom: mirror of the milieu", the museum of Dijon, aware of its educative role, offers the visitors a perambulation in the heart of Natural History with the help of playful and interactive windows.
Opening hours: 9 a.m. - 12 a.m. / 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Closing day: Tuesday
Temporary exhibition: "Les Grands Singes: mythes et réalités" [The big apes: myths and realities"]
Pavillon du Raines - 5 April 2008 / 4 January 2009
FREE ENTRANCE
Mischievous chimpanzee, disturbing gorilla, gloom-eyed orang-outan, bonobo of easy virtue... What is hiding behind those clichés?
Come discover the true nature of the big apes, at the Jardin des Sciences de la Ville de Dijon, dedicating an astonishing exhibition to the nearest and most fascinating "cousins" of man.
Mirror effect, strange encounter with an other that surely resembles us... Apes had always intrigued us.
In a pedagogic and aesthetic scenography, visitors are invited to approach and discover progressively the saga of these "sweet giants".
Opening hours: 9 a.m. - 12 a.m. / 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Closing day: Tuesday
Free and guided visits:
guided on booking: 03 80 48 82 08 or ddeflandre@ville-dijon.fr
Le Jardin des Sciences, it's also:
FREE ENTRANCE
The botanical garden, the arboretum, the rose garden, a paddling pool, picnic areas and playgrounds reserved for children, a collection of wild ducks