Cognacq-Jay Museum, © Le Marais Mood
In the framework of European Night of Museums, several cultural establishments in the Marais will open for free their doors in the evening, offering tours, performances and special entertainment. The event will take place on Saturday 17 May, between 18 p.m. and midnight, depending on the location.
Program for the European Night of Museums in the Marais:
• Museum of Arts and Crafts
• Museums of Jewish Art and History
• Museum of Hunting and Nature
• National Archives – Hôtel de Soubise
• National Picasso Museum – Paris
• Carnavalet Museum – History of Paris
• Cognacq-Jay Museum
• Victor Hugo's House
• Shoah Memorial
• Polish Historical and Literary Society
• Wallonia-Brussels Center
▼ Museum opportunities, Arts et Services
60 rue Réaumur, 75003 Paris
Open up to 22h, le museum offers a visit spirit de proven collections exceptional consecrated à innovation et à the story opportunities, science et techniques.
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Demonstration of Foucault's pendulum
Demonstrations of the famous pendulum installed in the museum's church allow visitors to observe the Earth's rotation in real life.
15-minute sessions scheduled at 19 p.m., 20 p.m., 21 p.m., 22 p.m. and 23:30 p.m. -
Costumed flash – treasures de church
Discovery efficient de church Holy-Martin-from-Champs et de proven objects emblematic, mixing cultural heritage. religious et Story opportunities, techniques.
From 18:30 a.m. to 18:45 p.m. then from 20:30 p.m. to 20:45 p.m. -
Demonstration – Le phonograph
Presentation Interactive de Mon opportunities, first appliances capable save et de return du They are. A immersion in The infancy de audio.
From 19:30 a.m. to 19:45 p.m. then from 21 p.m. to 21:15 p.m. -
Costumed flash – The aircraft de Clement Vein
Focus on Aeolus, plane à steam designed en 1890 by Clement Ader pioneer de aviation. A play majeure de the story aeronautics.
De 19:30 p.m. to 19:45 p.m. then from 22 p.m. to 22:15 p.m. -
Costumed flash – Le laboratory de Lavoisier
Exploration du equipment de research du chemist Antoine Lavoisier, father de la chimie modern, et de proven experiences fundamental.
From 19 p.m. to 19:15 p.m. then from 22:30 p.m. to 22:45 p.m. -
Demonstration – Le piano
Animation around du pianola, piano design working by rolls perforated, emblematique opportunities, infancy de la Music courses automated.
De 20:30 p.m. to 20:45 p.m. then from 22:30 p.m. to 22:45 p.m. -
Costumed flash – Le fardier de cugnot
Presentation du premier vehicle à steam dating de 1769 ancestor direct de automotive modern.
From 21:30 a.m. to 21:45 p.m. then from 23 p.m. to 23:15 p.m. -
Costumed flash – Le telegraph de Chappe
decryption du operation du telegraph cover invented à la Revolution French, premier systems de abstract à distance.
▼ Museum of Art and History of Judaism
Hotel de Saint-Aignan, 71 rue du temple, 75003 Paris
The students de terminal option guy du school Gustave Monod from Enghien-them-Bath will present opportunities, lozenges sound putting en voice opportunities, archives emblematic de the case Dreyfus. This restitution se will unfold au breast de the exhibition " Alfred Dreyfus. Truth et justice " au Museum of art et history du Judaism.
▼ Museum of Hunting and Nature
62 Street Archives, 75003 Paris
Le Museum de la Hunting et de la Nature welcomes Sheila Concari et Nikolai Saoulski for a installation immersive unprecedented in la court du museum. Serpents invite The visiteurs à a experience multisensory mixing projections visual, light et Ingredients electroacoustics in un landscape dreamlike et lunar.
inspired by la symbolic du snake, the work explores The Notions de metamorphosis, de mystery et de présence alive. Ce management is le second shutter du cycle Lupus Homini Serpents, initiated en November latest. En parallel, la Gallery Rock-Alain Challier offers a artwork olfactory unprecedented de the artist, designed with Camille Goutal et Buckskin Dean, extending this exploration sensory by a creation fragrant.

National Archives, © Le Marais Mood
▼ National Archives – Hôtel de Soubise
60 Rue des Francs Bourgeois, 75003 Paris
- Performance - Maddalena cannot die
At 20 p.m. and 21:30 p.m., Léa Chevrier offers an immersive electroacoustic performance based on a madrigal by Maddalena Casulana, the first published female composer in history. - Installation – An orchestra of one's own
Sound installation and documentary by Léa Chevrier, paying homage to forgotten European female composers. - Guided tour – Hôtel de Rohan and decorations of the Chancellery of Orléans
Discovery of the 18th century salons of the Chancellery of Orléans, reassembled after restoration. - Self-guided tour – National Archives Museum and Hôtel de Soubise
Free exploration of historic spaces and permanent collections. - Exhibition – Joan of Arc, the first portrait
Presentation of the only known contemporary portrait of Joan of Arc, created in 1429. - Exhibition – Music and Republic, from the Revolution to the Popular Front
A tour retracing the history of music in the service of the Republic, with previously unpublished documents. - Guided tour – Large warehouses
Exceptional access to the Louis-Philippe and Napoleon III repositories, housing founding documents such as the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.

National Picasso Museum, © Le Marais Mood
▼ National Picasso Museum-Paris
5 Rue de Thorigny, 75003 Paris
- Self-guided tour – Exhibition “Degenerate” art: The trial of modern art under Nazism”
Dive into the first exhibition in France devoted to "degenerate art," a concept used by the Nazi regime to discredit modern art. The exhibition explores the methodical attack on modern art, highlighting works by Picasso, Kandinsky, Klee, and other artists targeted by this propaganda. - Self-guided tour – Museum’s permanent collection
Discover the world's largest public collection of Pablo Picasso's works, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, and ceramics, spread across three floors of the Hôtel Salé.
▼ Carnavalet Museum – History of Paris
23 Rue de Sévigné, 75003 Paris
- Concert – La Queerale
At 20 p.m., the powerful voices of the queer choir will resonate throughout the museum spaces through committed musical performances. - Queer Quiz with Hortense Belhôte
At 18:30 p.m., 20:30 p.m., and 21:30 p.m., take part in an interactive quiz hosted by Hortense Belhôte and Queer Tours France to test your knowledge of Paris's queer history. - Visit and writing workshop – Strong women of yesterday and today
At 16:30 p.m., discover the journeys of committed women through a guided tour followed by a creative writing workshop. - Student mediation
From 14 p.m. to 17 p.m., students will lead mediations in front of the museum's works to share their perspectives and analyses. - Slow Art & Food Tour – Make up for lost time with Proust
At 15 p.m., explores a more conscious approach to time and daily experiences inspired by Marcel Proust, through the philosophy of Slow Art and Slow Food.

Cognacq-Jay Museum, © Le Marais Mood
▼ Museum Cognacq-Jay
8 Rue Elzevir, 75003 Paris
Le museum opens proven portes up to 23h, bidder un accès spirit et free à proven collections permanent. It is the occasion de discover ou rediscover The works emblematic du museum in a atmosphere nocturne unique.
▼ Victor Hugo House
6 Place des Vosges, 75004 Paris
De 19h à 23h, la House de Victor Hugo offers a visit spirit de the apartment that the writer occupa de 1832 à 1848 situated au 6 place opportunities, Vosges. This visit allows de discover The coins where Hugo lived et created some de proven works major, bidder un preview de are universe personnel et artistic.
▼ Shoah Memorial
17 Rue Geoffroy l'Asnier, 75004 Paris
The Shoah Memorial in Paris offers an exceptional reading of The Truce by Primo Levi, performed by the actor Mathieu AmalricThis event, organized as part of the European Night of Museums, is free upon reservation.
The Truce tells the story of Primo Levi's journey after the liberation of the Monowitz-Buna concentration camp on January 27, 1945, until his return to Turin on October 19, 1945. This poignant story bears witness to human resilience in the face of the horror of the Holocaust.
The reading will take place on the forecourt of the Memorial, offering an immersive and moving experience, open to all audiences.
▼ Polish Historical and Literary Society /
Polish Library of Paris
6 Quai d'Orléans, 75004 Paris
- Polish dance workshop
From 15:30 p.m. to 21 p.m., take part in an interactive workshop to discover the rhythms and steps of traditional Polish dances. - Visit to the three museums of the Polish Library
Explore the Adam Mickiewicz Museum, the Chopin Salon, and the Boleslas Biegas Museum during self-guided tours from 14 p.m. to 21 p.m. - Annual Exhibition of the Polish Historical and Literary Society
From 14 p.m. to 21 p.m., discover the exhibition The essence of society, highlighting Polish history and culture. - Olga Boznańska Exhibition: Philosophy of Portraiture
From 14 p.m. to 21 p.m., admire a selection of 25 works by the Polish painter, including portraits and self-portraits, offering an insight into her creative process. - Ephemeral Exhibition: The Past Is Going Nowhere
From 17:30 p.m. to 21 p.m., explore this temporary exhibition that explores memory and history through artistic installations.
▼ Center Wallonie-Bruxelles
127-129 Rue Saint-Martin, 75004 Paris
- Live model session by Balthazar Heish and Octo
From 20 p.m. to 22 p.m., take part in an immersive performance combining drawing and silent narration, where the character of the Revenant Tale comes to life in ephemeral tableaux. - PICNHYBRIDE tasting with the ORAN duo
From 18 p.m. to 20 p.m., discover a culinary and artistic performance combining food rituals and edible fictions, exploring the links between human and non-human. - Guided tour of the Anarkhè
At 19 p.m., dive into a guided tour of the exhibition, revealing a terra incognita populated by human and non-human performativities. - Héloïse Thiburce's Clothing Shelter Workshop
From 19 p.m. to 20 p.m., take part in a creative workshop exploring housing and clothing as spaces of protection and identity. - Screenings of artists' films and meeting with Greet Brauwers & Raf Custers
From 18 p.m. to 22 p.m., attend the screening of the work A Seat for the Sea_Shells and exchange with the artists on the themes covered.
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