The Summer Garden at the Quai Branly Museum

by Melle Bon Plan 30 May 2012

written by Melle Bon Plan Published: 30 May 2012Updated: 12 May 2026

This year, the Summer Garden takes up residence at the Quai Branly Museum for the 10th edition of “Rendez-vous aux jardins,” offering numerous free activities such as readings, storytelling, workshops, culinary discoveries, concerts, meet-and-greets, and much more.

The Summer Garden will be held from June 2nd to September 2nd, 2012, and will feature, among other things, a musical reading by Arthur H, two concerts by Venezuelan percussionist Orlando Poelo, a custom sound trail created by visual and acoustic artist Erik Samakh, and for the second year, Les Siestes Électroniques, a selection of DJ sets curated from the museum’s musical archives representing five continents.

On the program:

The museum is organizing free guided tours called “Artist’s Garden” on June 2nd and 3rd at 4:00 PM.

Sensory discoveries on June 23rd and 24th with the Souffleurs, a poetic commando team that will surprise visitors (during museum opening hours).

On Friday, July 7th, there will be an exceptional before-hours event centered around the “Les Séductions du Palais” (Palace Seductions) exhibition, as a prelude to a weekend of festivities and culinary tastings on July 7th and 8th. This final “before” of the season offers a chance to explore the exhibition during a late-night opening (until 11:00 PM) with guest lecturers, followed by a long, summery gastronomic and musical evening.

Introductions to various artistic and sporting activities on Saturdays, June 2nd, 9th, and 30th, and July 7th, 21st, and 28th from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

Family creation workshops to learn the basics of drawing every weekend in June from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, then every day in July and August at the same time.