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Jardin d'Acclimatation

The park includes an archery range, house of mirrors, miniature-golf course, narrow-gauge train, pony ride, puppet theater, shooting galleries, a science museum (the Exploradôme), and an art museum for children (the Musée en Herbe).


David Seth-Smith

Fellow, New York Zoological Society; Corresponding Fellow, American Ornithologists' Union; and Corresponding Member, Societe National d'Acclimatation de France.

Jardin d'Acclimatation railway

In 1880, a new modified line connected the garden to the Porte Maillot.

For the 1878 Exposition Universelle he proposed to use his concept for the exhibition by a line Trocadéro - Military Academy passing the Champ-de-Mars, but permission was denied.

In 1945, the shortage of gasoline caused the replacement of the gasoline locomotives with battery tractors, which probably came from the Universal Exhibition of 1937, with their wheels with tires running outside the rails.


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