Museum sights in Lyon
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Musée des Confluences
The incredible Musée des Confluences, a spacey science- and society-focused museum is as much stunning piece of contemporary architecture as museum. It is housed in a futuristic steel-and-glass transparent crystal topped by a floating 'cloud'. Inside, three of the 10 vast exhibition areas grapple with eternal questions like 'Where do we come from?', 'Where are we going?' and 'Who are we and what are we doing?'.
Remaining spaces home in on hot issues of the future - cloning, genetically modified organisms, global warming and so on. Two auditoriums, a café, restaurants, shop and riverside garden complete the ambitious cultural ensemble, the creation of world-famous Austri…
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Musée de l'Automobile Henri Malartre
Motoring enthusiasts can drool over 120 vintage cars (not to mention Hitler's Mercedes and Jean-Paul II's Renault Espace!), 50-odd motorbikes, bicycles and modes of Lyonnais public transport over the centuries at the chateau-museum Musée de l'Automobile Henri Malartre, 11km north of central Lyon along the Saône-side D433. Take bus 40 or 70 to the 'Rochetaillée' stop.
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Boutique du Musée
Nearby, the Musée des Beaux-Arts showcases France's finest collection of sculptures and paintings, outside Paris, from every period of European art. Its cloister garden is a great picnic venue. Pick up stylish, art-driven jewellery pieces and other souvenirs in its upmarket Boutique du Musée .
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Musée de la Poupée
Dolls of all ages and origins grace the elegant rooms of the Musée de la Poupée, inside a fairy-tale castle 12km northwest from the centre. A vast green wooded park hugs the 16th-century chateau and an electric train takes punters on park tours in summer. The fountain-studded paddling pool makes cooling down on hot summer days great fun.
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Centre d’Histoire de la Résistance et de la Déportation
The 1942–44 WWII headquarters of Gestapo commander Klaus Barbie now evokes Lyon’s role as the ‘Capital of the Resistance’ (as proclaimed by General de Gaulle) through moving multimedia exhibitions. Temporary exhibits cost €4 extra.
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Musée des Arts Décoratifs
The Musée des Arts Décoratifs displays 18th-century furniture, tapestries, wallpaper, ceramics and silver.
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