Musée de la Lumière et de la Matière

Bures-sur-Yvette · Essonne · Île-de-France

The Museum of Light and Matter – ACO Sciences, located in Bures-sur-Yvette in Essonne, is dedicated to the history of particle physics and accelerators. The museum is organized around the ACO accelerator, Europe's first colliding ring and ancestor of the SOLEIL synchrotron, which enabled the worldwide observation of electron-positron annihilation. Listed in the supplementary inventory of historical monuments in France and classified as a historic site by the European Physical Society, ACO bears witness to the origins of modern physics research. The collections and visits to the accelerator are freely accessible by appointment, offering people of all ages the opportunity to discover this major scientific facility.

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