Cabinet de réalité virtuelle (Cabinet of Virtual Reality)

This is a first for a French museum. Enjoy it! The virtual immersion experience awaits you on the third floor of the Gallery of Evolution. Your ticket allows you to test one of the two options offered. Here is a brief overview of each of them.

Journey to the Heart of Evolution invites you to explore the tree of life and understand its classification: quite a schedule ahead! You will discover more than 450 iconic species, both existing and fossil, find out about the relationships between them and go back to the origin of life, 3.5 billion years ago. In the background, the determining influence of man on his environment.

Virtual Arctic Expedition offers a 15-minute journey on board a submarine. Here you are in the Arctic, 20 metres below sea level in 1950, and then teleported to the same place 150 years later. Meet whales, belugas, orcas and giant jellyfish. See what is happening in this environment today.

This unique virtual experience is complete, from the waiting area where a guide will welcome you, through to the exit. As soon as you enter, the atmosphere is warm, the room is bathed in amber light, the mosaic ceiling sparkles. The scene is set! Two facilitators introduce you to the use of the helmet and the controllers, then help you to get equipped. They will accompany you until you return to reality. The good news is that the room has five stations, each equipped with an HTC virtual reality device. So five people can experience it simultaneously. And a sixth participant can follow it on a video screen.

With this use of digital technology as an educational tool for scientific knowledge, the Museum offers you a journey of emotion and discovery. Don't miss it!