Demonstration - The Astrarium

Name: Demostración - El Astrarium
Start: 2022-09-17T10:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T16:20:00+02:00
Location: Musée des Arts et Métiers

The astrarium, a planetary clock

17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed

©Dircom Cnam / L. Benoit

Considered by his contemporaries as the eighth wonder of the world, Giovanni Dondi’s astrarium is a mythical object of watchmaking and astronomy of the 14th century. The implementation of this replica invites us to relive the emotion of Dondi’s contemporaries and to explore the astronomical knowledge of this period.
Duration: 20 min Visit the church, chapel tower, ground floor

Types d'événement

Atelier / Démonstration / Savoir-faire

Thème 2022

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

About the location

Musée des Arts et Métiers

60 rue Réaumur 75003 Paris

Paris
Île-de-France

The permanent exhibition of the Museum of Arts and Crafts is organized into seven thematic collections, which themselves are subdivided into four chronological periods (before 1750, 1750-1850, 1850-1950, after 1950): scientific instruments, materials, construction, communication, energy, mechanical and transport. Complementary presentations emphasize particular points: the laboratory of Lavoisier, the theatre of automata. In the old church is presented, among other things, the experience of the rotation of the earth by means of the pendulum of Leon Foucault.