Centre Georges-Pompidou aka a museum of modern art. The snake like tube on the front was the escalators to get from floor to floor. As a student and under the age of 26, I get into many museums for free or for a reduced rate. This was a reduced rate at only 4,50 euros to see all the exhibits but the next museum was free! I am not one for modern art, I like the historical art pieces but I figured since I am in Paris I will expand my horizons. The pictures I took were the ones that either were super strange or strangely cool. Either way, I went beyond what I usually see and I ended up liking it very much.
going up!
as my dad would say "I could do that! and be famous! I've got three pieces of wood I could paint white and call it art!"
This was a room, pretty neat.
gas masks from ww2
all are painted on newspapers but the top is the titanic
a rainbow room as i like to call it, made in the 1970s
a sound proof room, which showed its true colors when an announcement went off in the museum while I was standing in the room and I could only hear parts of it because the door to the room was open. It was very cool to see the room in action.
no idea....but very cool!
yea no idea on this one either.... super strange
a human body made out of glass, suspended in air, with the hair also suspended.... I wonder what these artists think sometimes
again, i wonder what they think. All i know is that it was all made out of aluminum because the plaque which said who made it only said it was made out of aluminum. anyone can see that... but what is it?!
now this i found was very cool!
the plates had figurines glued to it and they spun to create the shadows on the wall, now thats creative
a view from the top floor of the Centre Georges-Pompidou
as my ticket included all the exhibits for one low price, I got to see the works of Andy Warhol!
Can you guess?? Its George!
Coffee anyone?
I also got to see the works of a contemporary French artist.....I like Andy Warhol's stuff better. I could understand him, this French artist.... I have no idea what the heck was going on.
green dust?
melting dry ice?
rocks?
outside of the museum was a German bookstore!
Le Musee des Arts et Metiers aka the museum of technology, chemistry, transportation, etc.
This was on display because the man who created it (Frederic Bartholdi) is on permanent display inside the museum.
telescope!
wouldn't you love to use these old calculators josh??
Lavoisier's Lab: considered the father of modern chemistry
I love this grandfather clock but I like the one my grandparents have in Arizona too! They could be on display together!!
The next three photos show how one made paper in the 1830s they are just backwards.
step 3
step 2
step 1
building of the Statue of Liberty
Union Franco-American with the Statue of Liberty
Stamp printing
Super cool phonograph
This machine, pictured below, brought the water in from the Seine to water the gardens of Versailles and to give water to the fountains from the 1680s until the 1740s.
I'd love to fly this thing! Not sure how but it would be a cool adventure in 19th century flight!
I found her....the Black Pearl!! Just kidding :)
Bikes around the 1900s
Model T in France!
If you can read the description the english side says it "completely disrupted" the American way of life. I don't know about disruption but it sure did change things.
A pendulum, showing how the earth spins. The pendulum is connected to the ceiling and only swings back and forth but throughout the day it would knock over any piece on those little white dots because of how the earth is spinning and constantly in motion. (I learned all of this from the French tour guide with the group thats in the photo. I was so proud of myself for understanding everything she was saying!)
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