Find out about the Biennale Internationale Design fair and browse diverse, regularly changing exhibitions at the Cité du Design, in a gleaming glass-and-steel building; take tram T1 or T2 to the Cité du Design stop. Be sure to see what's on before heading out, as it closes between exhibitions.
Cité du Design
Lyon & the Rhône Valley
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This eye-catching building, designed by the Viennese firm Coop Himmelb(l)au, is the crowning glory of Lyon's newest neighbourhood, the Confluence, at…
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Parc Naturel Régional du Pilat
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Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain
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The country’s second-largest Art Moderne museum after Paris’ Centre Pompidou, this museum features an exceptional collection of 20th-century and…
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Centre d'Histoire de la Résistance et de la Déportation
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