Manoir des Sciences de Réaumur

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The Manoir des sciences located in Réaumur (Vendée), owned by the community of communes of Pays-de-Pouzauges, offers a museum tour in the world of René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683-1757), a great scholar of the 18th century, 40 years at the head of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris. During the visit, we can discover the studies and inventions of this curious and passionate character: thermometer, glass hive, chick, metals, minerals... The floor opens to the gardens and the world.

Réaumur correspondents network for various expeditions and discoveries, natural history firm, laboratory for scientific experiments Among the activities proposed, "Becoming a Scientist" workshops allow children aged 6 to 12 to carry out scientific experiments. Each year an exhibition between arts and science invites the public to extend their visit to the mansion. Coffee area, reading, games in the outbuildings of the house.