If you're interested in science, check out the Musée Curie and see where the famous husband-and-wife team made major advancements in chemistry, notably with the discovery of radium. The laboratory is preserved and offers a peak into [more...]

The Museum of Natural History is a historical monument unto itself: the gardens opened in 1635 in order to grow medicinal plants and it became a national museum after the Revolution. Since then, the garden and the buildings on its [more...]

Take your date to look at some precious stones – maybe not diamonds yet, but minerals are nice, too. If you’re in the neighborhood of Jussieu university, stop by their museum of minerals, which displays over 2,000 gorgeous samples [more...]

If you and your date are both science or math types, you can go hear some of the top researchers give free lectures at the Cité des Sciences on topics like… “How to detect exoplanets,” “The fabulous destiny of the square root [more...]

If you and your date are into plant life, go for a stroll in the lush Jardin des Plantes and then visit the Grande Serre (greenhouse) to see tropical plants including banana trees and bamboo and the Jardin Alpin where you will find over [more...]

The College de France, located across the street from the Sorbonne, may be the Harvard of France, regrouping the greatest researchers out there – and yet, believe it or not, it’s free and open to anyone who drops in. Impress your [more...]