I share many events on the blog, but if there is one that I particularly love, it is the European Heritage Days, organized by the Ministry of Culture and Communication.
This year, these 36th Heritage Days will take place next weekend, from Saturday, September 21st to Sunday, September 22nd, 2019, and will have the theme “Arts and Entertainment”.
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Melle Bon Plan’s Parisian and Ile-de-France selection:
As for me, by a stroke of luck, I will be in Paris for these Heritage Days for once, so I’ll be able to enjoy them for the first time in a few years!
The Collège de France
The Collège de FranceThe Collège de France will open its doors to the public during the European Heritage Days with a tour of historic locations and a lecture by Professor Antoine Compagnon.
Highlights of the tour and program:
- reception rooms and the Assembly Hall where its professors’ deliberations are held,
- access to numerous unique objects, paintings, books, and manuscripts drawn from the establishment’s precious collections
- guided tour of an experimental science laboratory
- access to the large terrace overlooking Paris
- major lecture on the history of the Collège de France given by Prof. Antoine Compagnon (on Sunday, September 22nd at 3 PM) in the form of an interview with Jean Lebrun (“The Collège de France, a Parisian place of memory.”)
The Collège de France 11, place Marcelin Berthelot 75005 Paris September 21 and 22, 2019, from 10 AM to 6 PM
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The Palais de la Porte Dorée
For the 2019 edition of the European Heritage Days, the Palais de la Porte Dorée reveals itself in unexpected ways with a selection of artistic, historical, narrated, and even… psychoanalytical tours! Guided by the directors of the Palais, the Museum, and the Aquarium who bring the place to life every day, or “un-guided” by actor Bertrand Bossart and his new-style tour, both young and old are invited to explore the Palais from the basement to the attic.
These European Heritage Days will also be an opportunity to get some height on the roof of the Palais and enjoy a panoramic view over all of eastern Paris.
For the weekend, all the Museum collections and the Tropical Aquarium will be freely accessible.
Palais de la Porte Dorée National Museum of the History of Immigration Tropical Aquarium 293, avenue Daumesnil 75012 Paris Rooftop tours Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 AM, 12 PM, 1:30 PM, 3 PM, 4:30 PM, 6 PM (duration 45 min) Free / Reservation for tours by email at reservation@palais-portedoree.fr
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Visiting Molitor
For the fourth consecutive year, Molitor will open the doors of the winter pool for the European Heritage Days.
On the program:
- Lettering and graffiti workshop led by the artist PEST
- Self-guided tour of the winter pool’s artist cabins
Molitor 2 avenue de la Porte Molitor, 75016 Paris open for free on Sunday, September 22nd
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The Army Museum
For this special weekend, the Army Museum reveals the richness of its collections, trades, and expertise through free activities for all ages in connection with the year’s theme.
On the program:
- Concert “The Imperial Legend” in the Saint-Louis des Invalides cathedral on Sunday, September 22nd at 4:30 PM
- Young audience workshop, meeting with the leather workshop
- Discovery of the graphic arts collections and the Charles de Gaulle Historial
- Several guided tours around Marshal Foch
- The restoration workshops of the Army Museum and their expertise
Army Museum Hôtel des Invalides 129 rue de Grenelle 75007 Paris free and open access from 10 AM to 6 PM
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The UNESCO House
The UNESCO House is participating for the second time in the Heritage Days with a program featuring: free museum tours, 45-minute round tables with UNESCO experts, a children’s area…
UNESCO House 7, place de Fontenoy 75007 Paris Free admission Weekend of September 21 and 22, 2019 from 10:30 AM to 6 PM
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The Fragonard Perfume Museum Paris
For the European Heritage Days, the museum is offering a free guided tour of the collections on Saturday, September 21st at 9:30 AM upon registration only via this link.
Fragonard Perfume Museum 3-5 square de l'Opéra Louis Jouvet 75009, Paris
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The National Museum of Natural History & the Museum of Mankind
The National Museum of Natural History celebrates the 36th edition of the European Heritage Days with a special and entirely free program put together on two museum sites: Jardin des Plantes and Museum of Mankind.
In connection with the exhibition “Ocean, an unusual dive“, the Museum’s libraries are organizing activities on September 21 and 22 at the Jardin des Plantes on varied themes: a workshop introducing the traditional Japanese art of gyotaku, a trail to discover the national herbarium’s algae collections, meetings around the mapping of polar regions, the first printed book illustrated with photographs, or even the first dive in a bathyscaphe…
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At the Museum of Mankind, it is an opportunity to discover the temporary exhibition “I eat therefore I am” through several events.
Museum of Mankind 17 place du Trocadéro 75116 Paris
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2 days of celebration at Bercy Village
For the European Heritage Days, Bercy Village offers free guided tours (approx. 1h20), to help discover its history and heritage with Aime Paris, all in parallel with the free festival of operatic performance, Opera côté Cour.
It will also be possible to relive a tradition of the Bercy district: wine barrel rolling (Saturday, September 21st from 3 PM to 5 PM).
Bercy Village
Duration: approx. 1h20
free tours at 11 AM, 2 PM, and 4 PM Saturday and Sunday
registration required by email via animation@bercyvillage.com specifying the date,
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Asterix the Gaul Exhibition – Origins – at the BNF
Asterix the Gaul Exhibition – Origins – at the BNFThe National Library of France and Éditions Albert René celebrate the 60th anniversary of Asterix, the “little Gaul” created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, through an exceptional exhibition presented as part of the European Heritage Days.
On this occasion, all the original plates of the very first album in the series, Asterix the Gaul, donated to the BnF by Albert Uderzo in 2011, as well as the handwritten notes, the synopsis, and the script of this album, loaned by Anne Goscinny, are exhibited in the Donor Gallery. This is the first time that all of the original documents (texts and drawings) from the first Asterix album have been presented.
BnF I François-Mitterrand Donor Gallery Quai François Mauriac, 75013 Paris Friday 20 and Saturday 21 September from 10 AM to 7 PM / Sunday 22 September from 11 AM to 7 PM Free admission
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Cosmographia
CosmographiaHere is a day of artistic and scientific meetings around the theme of the cosmos to promote space research in the Yvelines region but also to promote culture and citizen initiatives in the region.
This day titled “Cosmographia” will take place next Saturday, September 21st, 2019, as part of the European Heritage Days and it is organized by students in the Master’s program in Culture and Communication at the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in partnership with the Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations spatiales (LATMOS).
The multidisciplinary event, entirely free and open to all, will bring together a photo exhibition, scientific mediation, creative workshops, storytelling, a round table, and several other forms of mediation.
LATMOS - OVSQ 11, boulevard D’Alembert 78280 Guyancourt - France Saturday, September 21st from 1 PM to 8 PM
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The MAC VAL in Vitry-sur-Seine
During this weekend, the MAC VAL is offering a special program with performances, screenings, installations, tours of the reserves, workshops, meetings with artists…
MAC VAL - Museum of Contemporary Art of Val-de-Marne Place de la Libération 94400 Vitry-sur-Seine Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September from 12 PM to 7 PM, free admission
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The Palace of Versailles
For the European Heritage Days, the Palace of Versailles invites visitors to explore the most beautiful spaces of the North wing on the theme of arts and entertainment: the Royal Opera, the Crusade rooms, and the Louis XIV rooms, as well as the Royal Chapel.
Punctuated by musical performances, the route will allow visitors to (re)discover these places in a unique atmosphere. Musicians will continuously perform several repertoires of European music, from the Renaissance to the 19th century, including Baroque music.
Palace of Versailles Place d'Armes, 78000 Versailles Musical route in the North wing of the Palace of Versailles Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September 2019, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (last admission at 5:00 PM) Free admission Access via the Royal Opera courtyard, 3 rue des Réservoirs, 78000 Versailles
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The National Archaeology Museum
The National Archaeology Museum, National Domain of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, offers various tours and events to allow the public to rediscover this high place of heritage.
On the program:
- Exceptional access to the Piette room
- 3 tours / lectures
- A stone carving demonstration workshop
National Archaeology Museum National Domain of Saint-Germain-en-Laye place Charles de Gaulle 78100 Saint-Germain-en-Laye Free access from 10 AM to 6 PM
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