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Curie Wing of the Paris Radium Institute, 1920s

Black and white photograph of the facade of a three-story brick building with large dormer windows on the third floor. Above the entrance, it reads Université de Paris. The building is surrounded by a metal fence through which a vine grows.

Musée Curie, 1920s

Founded in 1909 in Paris, the Radium Institute was a joint project between the Paris University and the Pasteur Institute to further research into radiation, physics and biology. This allowed for the study of the radioactive element’s potential medical applications. Marie Curie was the first Director of its Physics Department. Today, the Paris Radium Institute is part of the Curie Institute.