Unusual activities throughout France for Museum Night 2024
Prepare to live a magical and extraordinary experience during Museum Night 2024. We have put together a selection of unusual events in emblematic museums in across France. From Musverre to the Granet Museum, via the Soulages Museum, discover fascinating activities that will awaken your senses and stimulate your imagination. Attend interactive shows, take part in creative workshops, let yourself be guided through the works by storytellers or musicians, rediscover the collections by flashlight or lantern, and let yourself be transported by artistic performances that push the boundaries of creative expression. Get ready to experience a magical night where the extraordinary becomes reality.
Discover our selection:
An evening full of passion and romance awaits at the Musée des Confluences, echoing the "À nos amours" exhibition.{ 53} A celebration of love in all its forms awaits you in a unique and festive setting. After discovering the exhibition, let yourself be carried away by outdoor screenings, take part in a giant karaoke, attend a concert of unpublished works by Émile Guimet, and let yourself be overwhelmed by this tender feeling of love .
Saturday May 18, 2024 from 7 p.m. to midnight, last entry at 11:15 p.m.
Free admission
Dive into the mysterious depths of the “Underworlds” exhibition in the company of the prophetess of Antiquity, the Sibyl. Explore fascinating underground worlds, these “20,000 places” under the earth between shadow and light, during an exceptional evening. Are you rather a companion of Eros, divinity of love, or of Thanatos, incarnation of death? Light painting photo workshops, mysterious omens, offbeat visits, cruise on the Styx, flash concerts and readings invite you to live an unforgettable experience.
Saturday May 18 from 6 p.m. to 12:15 a.m. (ticket office closed, museum closes at 1 a.m.)
Free workshops and visits, reservation possible on site
Discover the Grandes Écuries at nightfall during this exceptional evening, in a fun and magical atmosphere. On the program: equestrian activities, guided tours, whipped cream tasting and many other surprises... Our favorite? Irresistible tastings of Chantilly choux (the real one!) by the Confrérie des Chevaliers Fouetteurs de Crème Chantilly, from 7 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.
Saturday May 18, 2024 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
- Equestrian activities under the dome of the Grandes Écuries at 7 p.m., 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Duration: 30 minutes.
- Guided tours of the Great Stables at 7:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Duration: 20 minutes.
- Free visit to the Horse Museum.
Discover the Museum of Modern Art for free during a special, unique evening punctuated by three captivating musical performances by a soloist from the association {108 }Lyre&Muses who will play a mysterious instrument, in dialogue with the museum collection for a unique sensory experience. But shhh! We won't tell you any more.
Saturday May 18, 2024 from 7 p.m. to midnight
Free and free entry
Take part in a fun and sporting evening at the Hyacinthe Rigaud Museum. A program of activities dedicated to the relationships between the arts and sporting practices. From 3 p.m. to 11 p.m., come discover the collections with an offbeat and athletic look! On the menu for this marathon, enjoy plastic workshops, challenge visits, board games, light and choreographic shows, and much more...
Our favorite? The light juggling show: “Electro firo-led”. Here, contemporary acrobats have swapped flaming torches to juggle new technologies. Olivier Rousselot takes us into his dreamlike world and begins our Closing Ceremony of the Games at the museum with an explosion of colors, at the crossroads between magic, poetry and technical prowess!
Performances at 8:15 p.m., 9:15 p.m., 10:15 p.m., free entry
Saturday May 18, 2024 from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Free and free entry
Discover a magical evening at MusVerre with a multitude of fascinating activities. From guided tours of the temporary exhibition Trop-plein to instrument making workshops using recycled objects, through cane blowing demonstrations and interactive shows, this night promises to be unforgettable. Our favorite ? Difficult to choose between the concert of Fils de Flûte, an artist who transforms recycled objects into astonishing musical instruments offering us a colorful and poetic show, or the workshop Cold porcelain by Lucie Linder. With this modeling technique, give free rein to your creativity and create a shared work that merges the tactile, auditory and visual in a collective artistic performance.
Saturday May 18, 2024 from 6 p.m. to midnight
Free and free entry
Have you always wanted to know the secrets of the Master of the Shadowlands? Immerse yourself in a musical atmosphere in partnership with the Conservatoire de l’Aveyron, followed by flash visits to discover the creative techniques of Pierre Soulages. Don't miss the presentation of the educational project "Musée Soulages on Minecraft", an immersive experience between the real and the virtual.
Saturday May 18, 2024 from 8 p.m. to midnight
Free and free entry
Enjoy an exclusive visit to the lantern of the permanent exhibition at the Courbet Museum. An unusual experience by lantern light to discover Gustave Courbet and his contemporaries in a new light.
Saturday May 18 until 8 p.m.
Free entry while places are available. Reservations required.
Take part in an artistic evening at the Granet Museum with activities related to the Aquamarine and Crystal Necklace by Jean-Michel Othoniel. Hear the story of this monumental work and take part in bead bracelet assembly workshops, where you can create your own piece of jewelry under the stars. In partnership with the ballet Preljocaj, the students of the Lycée Cézanne will lead you in a captivating dance in the heart of the museum's permanent collections. And for an immersive artistic experience, don't miss the body painting demonstrations offered by the professional makeup school Sophie Lecomte, in creations that are inspired by the museum's collections to create ephemeral and fascinating works on your own skin. Throughout the evening, the SIROZ artist collective will produce screen prints celebrating the magic of this night at the museum. Discover their creative process live and leave with a unique work that reflects your memorable experience at the Granet Museum.
Saturday May 18 from 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Free and free entry, subject to availability
Discover the Musée Mandet and the Musée Régional d'Auvergne at night during an enchanted evening which will transform the spaces into a captivating nocturnal atmosphere. Attend a magic show, flashlight tours, a marquetry exhibition and workshops for a magical night.
Saturday May 18, 2024 from 6 p.m. to midnight
Free and free entry
Take part in free tours and stencil workshops to create your own work inspired by the paintings on display. Immerse yourself in art in the heart of the Rennes Museum of Fine Arts during this exceptional night.
Saturday May 18, 2024 from 8 p.m. to midnight
Free and free entry
From 6 p.m., let yourself be carried away by a magical atmosphere as the hall comes alive with the captivating performance of YO, an artistic stroll orchestrated by {278 }Kévin Fromont Ladouceur and Lisa Mazoyer, artist invited by the collective Encyclies for the Nuit des Arts de Roubaix.
Saturday May 18, 2024 from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Free and free entry
