The Espace des sciences occupies the Manufacture des tabacs in Morlaix, and over the Toussaint break it opens its nine exhibition rooms to all ages. Foucault’s pendulum shows the Earth turning and Globe 360 takes the planet apart. Coup de foudre à la Manu makes static electricity visible. The guided Au plus près des Moulins goes into the Manufacture’s own mills, still working, past a machine classed as a Historic Monument.
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1, 2, 3 Saumon: River Treasure Hunt at the Aquarium
The Aquarium des curieux de nature at Belle-Isle-en-Terre holds the flora and fauna of Brittany’s rivers, and hands young visitors a map and clues for the tanks. Riddles along the way follow the salmon’s life cycle from stream to sea and back. Teams puzzle out each step together until the hidden treasure turns up. The Centre régional d’Initiation Rivière runs the place, and Les Minutes Bleues adds it to its dusk programme in Côtes-d’Armor.
Visite du musée Yvon Guéret
The Musée Yvon Guéret welcomes visitors as part of Pierrelatte’s Christmas market programme. Archaeological objects share its collections with palaeontological material and mineral specimens, the museum’s three principal fields of study. The visit is offered in French, and admission to the collections is free.
Océanolab – Projet Alcid in Brittany: Climate Study
Océanolab presents the Alcid research project through the organisms, instruments and questions used to study Brittany’s changing coast. Work on seaweed and ecosystem resilience explains how marine scientists observe the effects of climate pressure in local waters. Live research material gives the exhibition a precise link between public interpretation and scientific activity at the Brest aquarium.