By tracing the successive periods in the city's construction, it reveals the major urban transformations and combines them with contemporary architectural statements.
Architecture is presented by means of original drawings, new models, relief-maps and photographs.
A bilingual Paris guide-book was published for this exhibition. A 40 m model of Paris, combined with a computer and tactile-screen gives access to more than 3000 pictures of Paris projected onto 9 screens placed around the model. A travelling version of this exhibition has been presented in most of the world's major cities. Thematic exhibitions on the 600 m of the first floor These exhibitions reflect the life of the city. Around the most varied themes, they offer a particular viewpoint of the various changes and are constantly updated.