Dinosaurs - activities

Jurassic illumination: the 2024-2025 Festival of Lights at the Jardin des Plantes - photos

This year, the Jardin des Plantes is hosting a new edition of its famous lantern trail, entitled "Jurassique en voie d'Illumination". On view from November 20 to January 19, 2024, this exhibition takes us back in time this year. Monumental creatures come to life through majestic light sculptures, transforming the park into a veritable open-air museum. Explore the mysteries of the Jurassic period, while enjoying a magical stroll under the stars. A not-to-be-missed event at the end of the year.

Vulcain, the largest dinosaur auctioned this Saturday, November 16 in Dampierre-en-Yvelines

The Château de Dampierre-en-Yvelines is set to host an unprecedented event: the auction of Vulcan, a 150 million-year-old specimen of Apatosaurus, the largest dinosaur ever offered for sale. Scheduled for Saturday, November 16, 2024, this exceptional auction promises to exceed its estimate of between 3 and 5 million euros. You still have until November 15 to admire it before it leaves for its buyer.

Festival des Lanternes 2024: the dinosaur ball, the Jardin d'Acclimatation light trail

Dinosaurs come to the Jardin d'Acclimatation! From November 29, 2024 to March 2, 2025, 2,000 illuminated lanterns, including 100 creatures from the Mesozoic era, invade the aisles of the Parisian theme park. After the success of the Shanghai lanterns, get ready for a magical, prehistoric immersion, perfect for the holiday season!

Disappearing Worlds: an immersive and educational VR expedition at Bercy Village

Discover a fun and educational activity, an experience based on the evolution of the planet and living beings. Eclipso invites you to discover "Mondes Disparus" during an immersive virtual reality expedition at Bercy Village all summer long!

Jurassic Island: dinosaurs arrive in a new VR attraction at the Jardin d'Acclimatation

Jurassic Island invades the Jardin d'Acclimatation, offering an immersive VR experience at the heart of the dinosaur age. Join the team of intrepid paleontologists under the dome of the amusement park in Paris's 16th arrondissement, and prepare for an epic encounter with the most fearsome predators that have ever existed!

RAPTOR Project: our review of The Escape Lab's dinosaur escape game

Looking for a unique escape game experience in Paris? Discover RAPTOR Project, The Escape Lab's ultra-immersive escape game that literally plunges you into Jurassic Park! Immerse yourself in a captivating post-apocalyptic universe and test your thinking skills as you attempt to survive life-like dinosaurs... We've tested it, we'll tell you about it!

When dinosaurs parade in Paris

Dinosaurs marching in Paris? Here is the funny show that was offered to tourists and Parisians this Thursday, February 2, 2023. From the Trocadero to the Seine via the Louvre, it's about twenty velociraptors that came to astonish the passers-by, we tell you why.

Dinosaurs are coming to La Défense

Dinosaurs on the Parvis of La Défense? Here is what to expect on May 29 and 30, 2022, for the release of the latest Jurassic World movie, thanks to an innovative trompe l’oeil installation.

Prehistoric Safari: dinosaurs by night at the Jardin d'Acclimatation, final days

Prehistoric Safari, that's the name of the dinosaur safari opening up to you during the Christmas vacations. From November 15, 2019 to January 5, 2020, the Jardin d'Acclimatation invites you to come face-to-face with a pack of larger-than-life dinosaurs as night falls. As soon as dusk falls, they invade the park's meadows and rides!

Jurassic Park screening at Paris National Museum of Natural History

It’s with Jurassic Park, directed by Steven Spielberg in 1993, that the world passion for dinosaurs started… so, why not seeing this masterpiece for the umpteenth time on the big screen and in Paris, at the National Museum of Natural History on Saturday June 23?