The exhibition
We’re starting in 2025. What transformations has the radio undergone during the past six decades? How has mobility changed our listening habits? What role did the transistor play in all this?
Thanks to a clever mix of texts, graphics, statistics, objects, and historical and sociopolitical references, the exhibition provides key insights into how the radio started a true sound revolution. Then, everyday scenes are brought to life for your eyes and ears! Through spatial sound immersion, relive scenes from May ’68, a time when the portable transistor radio, embraced by the youth, could be carried and listened to anywhere.
Tech through time - A series of exhibitions at the heart of the history of science and technology
Explore the history of communication objects with the Tech through time exhibitions. The radio kicks off the series, followed by the typewriter and the autochrome (the first industrial process for colour photography). Each exhibition will be presented for several months, reminding us that every object has a history shaped by experimentation, luck and interruptions. They offer a return to the past, showing the complex links between technical advancements and sociopolitical contexts.
Practical informations
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€15 | €12 | Our prices
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From age 15
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Trilingual exhibition (French, English, Spanish)
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The Cité is open from Tuesday to Saturday 10.00 am - 6.00 pm and 10.00 am - 7.00 pm on Sunday.
Plan your visit
This exhibition area can be accessed by lift. Small pushchairs are allowed inside the museum.
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© Thanasis Zovoilis / Getty Images A Journey Back in Time
Presented as a reverse chronological timeline, a series of five murals and related objects leads you from contemporary radio back to the rise of the transistor. Along the way, pick up explanations, insights and anecdotes to help you understand the difference between native podcasts and radio replays, the battle for frequencies, the mutual influence of television and radio and the “free radio” movement. Fancy a bit of window shopping? Discover a selection of objects showcasing changing trends in listening habits and audio formats over time.
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© GERARD-AIME / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Sound Immersion
Step into a sound immersion experience and explore a fresh museographic approach using spatialised audio and light effects! A sound diorama, dramatised scenes and dialogues plunge you into a three-act street scene from 1968. This unique narrative experience shows how the radio transistor became a symbol of mobility and youth empowerment, playing a key role during a turbulent chapter of French history.