European Heritage Days 2023: 20 unmissable activities throughout France
The 2023 edition of the European Heritage Days is fast approaching. For the occasion, many museums across France are opening their doors free of charge to present their exhibitions and liven up cultural life. Here is our selection of the 20 unmissable activities in the regions on September 16 and 17.
In Nice, the Matisse Museum is presenting a masterful exhibition bringing the Nice interiors of Henri Matisse into dialogue with his precious odalisques.
MATISSE MUSEUM
Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
164 avenue des Arènes de Cimiez, 06000 Nice
With The Spleen of Ulysses at Jumièges Abbey, Nikos Aliagas takes us to his native land for a modest and monochrome exhibition.
JUMIÈGES ABBEY
Sat. and Sun. 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
24 rue Guillaume the Conqueror, 76480 Jumieges
I've got a feeling! For this unique exhibition, three institutions in the city of Angers have joined forces for this journey around the five senses in contemporary art.
ANGERS FINE ARTS MUSEUM
Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
14 rue du Musée, 49100 Angers
The author of Young Girl with a Flower, a famous photograph of a pacifist icon in the middle of the Vietnam War, would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year. Today, the Musée des Confluences salutes the work of reporter, photographer and traveler Marc Riboud in a poignant retrospective.
CONFLUENCES MUSEUM
Sat. and Sun. 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
86 Quai Perrache, 69002 Lyon
Discover our images of the exhibition orchestrated by MuMa in Le Havre illustrating the travels to Normandy of Albert Marquet, a great landscaper of the early 20th century.
MUMA - ANDRÉ MALRAUX MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
Sat. and Sun. 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
2 bd Clémenceau, 76600 Le Havre
With the Noblesse Oblige exhibition, the Domaine de Kerguéhennec offers us a one-way ticket to the past, an immediate dive into the History of France!
DOMAINE DE KERGUEHENNEC
Chateau de Kerguehennec, Bignan 56500
But what happened to the Mandet museum? This exhibition of flowers with its repetitive and obsessive nature is the work of one man: Julien Colombier.
MANDET MUSEUM
Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 2 p.m.-6 p.m.
14 rue de l'Hotel de Ville, 63200 Riom
Espace Paul Rebeyrolle presents Guignol's Band, an exhibition that celebrates the fierce poetry of Roger-Edgar Gillet.
PAUL REBEYROLLE SPACE
Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Route de Nedde, 87120 Eymoutiers
In the MAMAC exhibition in Nice, the artist Thu-Van Tran invites us to live a sensitive experience at the heart of his suspended universe.
MAMAC Nice
Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Place Yves Klein, 06364 Nice
The Slavery, from one Earth to Another exhibition looks back at Honfleur's troubled past from the maritime perspective of the slave trade at the Eugène Boudin Museum.
EUGÈNE BOUDIN MUSEUM
Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 2 p.m.-6 p.m.
Rue de l'Homme de Bois, 14600 Honfleur
In the Jean-Paul Marchal Workshop, the team from the Bâtard printing house in Nancy gives you some technical explanations and anecdotes from printers and typographers, while printing a unique creation in front of you.
IMAGE MUSEUM
Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m.-12:45 p.m. and 1:45 p.m.-6 p.m.
42 quai de Dogneville, 88000 Épinal
Upon registration at the entrance
Hubert Davant transports us in the footsteps of the secrets of Gustave Courbet with his offbeat verve and his intrepid humor, his communicative and intact passion for the illustrious people of our territory.
COURBET MUSEUM
Sun. 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
1 place Robert Fernier, 25290 Ornans
By reservation at reservationpaysdecourbet@doubs.fr
A night football match in 1952 dazzled Nicolas de Staël who produced one of his most beautiful series, “Les Footballeurs”. In the manner of the artist, transcribe the movement into dynamic and colorful masses.
DIJON FINE ARTS MUSEUM
Sat. and Sun. 2 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
1 rue Rameau, 2100 Dijon
FREE ENTRANCE
A game trail in the form of a treasure map to discover at your own pace and as a family the secrets of Flemish art and the Hôtel de la Noble-Cour.
MUSEUM OF FLANDERS
Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
26 Grand Place, 59670 Kassel
Discover the views that inspired Claude Monet during a hiking tour in the footsteps of the Impressionists. You will travel 5 km through streets, dirt roads and fields, from the hills of Giverny to the banks of the Seine.
IMPRESSIONISM MUSEUM
Sat. 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
99 rue Claude Monet, 27620 Giverny
On reservation here
The RMCA is screening Josep, crowned César 2021 for best animated film. The screening, in the presence of his nephew Georges Bartoli and director Aurel, will be preceded by a thematic visit around the history of the Spanish in Sérignan.
RMCA OCCITANIE
Sat. at 4 p.m.
146 avenue de la Plage, 34410 Sérignan
FREE ENTRANCE
Discover the sporting universe of the Romans. On the program, demonstrations of the chariot race as well as the long jump of the Greek pentathlon
ROMANITY MUSEUM
Sat. and Sun. 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
16 boulevard des Arènes, 30000 Nîmes
Free access
Go back in time with Epok'Tour and its guide-lecturer embodying Master Guilhem, a builder from the Middle Ages. He will immerse you in the 13th century, in the middle of the construction period of the fortress, in the daily life of the builders, taking you with him into the medieval city, along its fortifications, between lists and alleys.
MEDIEVAL CITY OF CARCASSONNE
Sat. at 2:30 p.m.
11000 Carcassonne
On reservation here
On the occasion of European Heritage Days, the association of Fortifications of Marseille and Bouches du Rhône invites you on a hike to discover the military fortifications of the South Point of Marseille.
MARSEILLE CALANQUES
Sat. at 2 p.m.
Departure from 220 avenue de la Mandrague de Montredon, 13008 Marseille
On reservation here
The Domaine national de Chambord has been monitored since 1972 by a group of mounted gendarmes from the Republican Guard. The European Heritage Days are an opportunity to reveal to the public the stables and saddlery located in the castle. The gendarmes from the Chambord Horse Station will be present to answer your questions.
CHÂTEAU DE CHAMBORD
Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
Chateau de Chambord, 41250
FREE ENTRANCE
