To celebrate European Heritage Days, the Mucem is opening the doors to its storage areas for a special event and offering tours, workshops, and meet-and-greets throughout the weekend, providing a unique way to explore the museum’s collections and the work of its staff.
The Mucem’s exhibits are open to everyone with free admission all weekend.
Free Exhibitions at J4
Throughout the weekend, the exhibitions at J4 are free to visit. It’s a great opportunity to (re)discover the Mucem’s exhibitions.
The Mucem’s Extensive Collections
As a special highlight of European Heritage Days at the Mucem, the large storage areas of the Conservation and Resource Center (CCR) are opening their doors to the public.
Tours, offered every hour from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays—except at noon—will give visitors the opportunity to explore these areas, which are usually closed to the public, and the collections housed there.
This year, the tours are aligned with the themes of the European Heritage Days—“Photographic Heritage” and “Heritage in Peril: Revive, Resist, Reimagine”—and will shed light on the challenges related to the conservation, restoration, and preservation of the collections.
On-site registration, subject to availability.
While parents tour the exhibits, there’s a photo album workshop for kids!
The workshop invites children ages 6 to 12 to take digital photos using a miniature version of a photo studio. The session will begin with a brief presentation of photo albums from the Mucem’s collections. Children will then be able to choose a paper background and objects to photograph. The budding photographers will be able to experiment with the lighting in the miniature studio using flashlights and with guidance from the Mucem’s photographer. The photos will then be printed to create photo albums.
Saturdays and Sundays from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Conservation and Resource Center.
Workshops on museum careers
Workshops will also offer participants the opportunity to learn about the professions and skills that contribute to the conservation and presentation of the Mucem’s collections.
Three Perspectives on Endangered Heritage
On Saturday only, a joint tour will bring together the Municipal Archives of the City of Marseille, the Mucem Conservation and Resource Center (CCR), and the Interdisciplinary Center for Heritage Conservation and Restoration (CICRP) to focus on endangered heritage. The tour begins at 2:00 p.m. at the Marseille Municipal Archives. Registration required (link to follow)
To celebrate European Heritage Days, the Mucem is opening the doors to its storage areas for a special event and offering tours, workshops, and meet-and-greets throughout the weekend, providing a unique way to explore the museum’s collections and the work of its staff.
The Mucem’s exhibits are open to everyone with free admission all weekend.
Free Exhibitions at J4
Throughout the weekend, the exhibitions at J4 are free to visit. It’s a great opportunity to (re)discover the Mucem’s exhibitions.
The Mucem’s Extensive Collections
As a special highlight of European Heritage Days at the Mucem, the large storage areas of the Conservation and Resource Center (CCR) are opening their doors to the public.
Tours, offered every hour from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays—except at noon—will give visitors the opportunity to explore these areas, which are usually closed to the public, and the collections housed there.
This year, the tours are aligned with the themes of the European Heritage Days—“Photographic Heritage” and “Heritage in Peril: Revive, Resist, Reimagine”—and will shed light on the challenges related to the conservation, restoration, and preservation of the collections.
On-site registration, subject to availability.
While parents tour the exhibits, there’s a photo album workshop for kids!
The workshop invites children ages 6 to 12 to take digital photos using a miniature version of a photo studio. The session will begin with a brief presentation of photo albums from the Mucem’s collections. Children will then be able to choose a paper background and objects to photograph. The budding photographers will be able to experiment with the lighting in the miniature studio using flashlights and with guidance from the Mucem’s photographer. The photos will then be printed to create photo albums.
Saturdays and Sundays from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Conservation and Resource Center.
Workshops on museum careers
Workshops will also offer participants the opportunity to learn about the professions and skills that contribute to the conservation and presentation of the Mucem’s collections.
Three Perspectives on Endangered Heritage
On Saturday only, a joint tour will bring together the Municipal Archives of the City of Marseille, the Mucem Conservation and Resource Center (CCR), and the Interdisciplinary Center for Heritage Conservation and Restoration (CICRP) to focus on endangered heritage. The tour begins at 2:00 p.m. at the Marseille Municipal Archives. Registration required (link to follow)
