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On the occasion of Robert Badinter’s pantheonization, scheduled for October 9, 2025, the guillotine joins the objects in the “Populaire? Les trésors des collections” exhibition at the Mucem.

The “Populaire? Les trésors des collections” exhibition will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., exclusively on October 9, to discover this historic object!

 

 

 

Tribute to Robert Badinter at the Mucem

©INA - Jean Pimentel - Portrait of Robert Badinter in the Géopolis program November 27 / 2024 - architects Rudy Ricciotti and Roland Carta © Maxime Verret - Mucem

To mark the pantheonization of Robert Badinter on October 9, 2025, the Mucem, in collaboration with INA Méditerranée, is organizing an evening tribute to his fight to abolish the death penalty, with Eric Fottorino and Thomas Snégaroff as moderator.

 

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On the occasion of Robert Badinter’s pantheonization, scheduled for October 9, 2025, the guillotine joins the objects in the “Populaire? Les trésors des collections” exhibition at the Mucem.

The “Populaire? Les trésors des collections” exhibition will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., exclusively on October 9, to discover this historic object!

 

 

 

Tribute to Robert Badinter at the Mucem

©INA - Jean Pimentel - Portrait of Robert Badinter in the Géopolis program November 27 / 2024 - architects Rudy Ricciotti and Roland Carta © Maxime Verret - Mucem

To mark the pantheonization of Robert Badinter on October 9, 2025, the Mucem, in collaboration with INA Méditerranée, is organizing an evening tribute to his fight to abolish the death penalty, with Eric Fottorino and Thomas Snégaroff as moderator.

 

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©INA - Jean Pimentel - Portrait of Robert Badinter in the Géopolis program November 27 / 2024 - architects Rudy Ricciotti and Roland Carta © Maxime Verret - Mucem

Tribute to Robert Badinter

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Did you know? The last time the guillotine was used in France was in Marseille in 1977.
The death penalty was abolished a few years later, in 1981, thanks to the action of Robert Badinter, then Minister of Justice. On the occasion of his pantheonization, scheduled for October 9, 2025, a tribute evening is dedicated to him, in collaboration with INA Méditerranée, with archival footage questioning our way of thinking about the world at the time, and the topicality of this great man’s struggles. A fascinating evening, open to all. With Eric Fottorino (journalist and...

On Monday, Oct 13, 2025

at 19h

J4 / Auditorium