--- title: "Nouvelle-Aquitaine" description: "Nouvelle-Aquitaine’s park history includes a destination whose early identity centered on images, architecture and new media.The story behind the day outCinema and technology become a parkFuturoscope opened to the public on 31 May 1987. Its official educational chronology records the Kinémax, the Futuroscope pavilion and a play area among the opening elements. The first dynamic cinema followed in 1988. The original proposition was therefore different from a traditional fairground: the spectacle came from cinema technology and the buildings that housed it, with later attractions extending that foundation.Sources & further readingFuturoscope · Official educational chronologyHistorical sources checked 25 October 2026." canonical_url: "https://thmprk.com/region/nouvelle-aquitaine/" markdown_url: "https://thmprk.com/region/nouvelle-aquitaine/index.md" language: "en-US" content_type: "taxonomy_archive" taxonomy: "job_listing_region" term_id: 250 page: 1 --- # Nouvelle-Aquitaine Nouvelle-Aquitaine’s park history includes a destination whose early identity centered on images, architecture and new media. The story behind the day out ## Cinema and technology become a park Futuroscope opened to the public on 31 May 1987. Its official educational chronology records the Kinémax, the Futuroscope pavilion and a play area among the opening elements. The first dynamic cinema followed in 1988. The original proposition was therefore different from a traditional fairground: the spectacle came from cinema technology and the buildings that housed it, with later attractions extending that foundation. ### Sources & further reading - [Futuroscope · Official educational chronology]() Historical sources checked 25 October 2026. 1 published places. Page 1 of 1. - [Futuroscope]() · [Markdown](); location: Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Canonical source: https://thmprk.com/region/nouvelle-aquitaine/