Bonnes mères

The Mucem invites you to celebrate motherhood with your family and in music at the "Bonnes Mères" open house.
With free admission to the exhibition, a presentation by the curators and free workshops for children, this event will plunge you into the history of mothers in the Mediterranean. The musical ambience provided by La dame Noir and the powerful Mediterranean songs of Tutte Quante – a women’s choir recounting in music the joys, sorrows and struggles of women through the centuries – will welcome you to the Mucem lobby.
The program From 4pm to 9pm, the “Bonnes Mères” exhibition will be open to the public, and a bar and snack bar will be available in the J4 hall. Plastic arts workshops 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm, 45-minute workshops for children aged 5 and over, free admission, Mucem J4, Atelier de l’île -1 Exhibition presentation by the curators 5.45pm and 6.45pm, 15 mins, Mucem J4, hall Tutte Quante choir singing sessions 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm, Mucem J4, hall

Sensory tour of the "Bonnes mères" exhibition for children aged 18 months to 3 years.
An emotional tour of the relationship between mothers and children. Through works of art and objects from antiquity to the present day, children discover how motherhood has changed over time, and how precious the bond with their mothers is.

Immersive choreographic show for ages 1 to 5
The play is performed in front of an audience of very young children who can interact by touch, but also by listening: the soundtrack is repetitive, hypnotic and progressively immersive. By becoming spectators and actors, children explore their bodies and senses at their own pace. An ode to gentleness and maternity, a link to early childhood. MZ Productions-Marion Muzac

Dance show for ages 6 and up
The Goose Maze is a life-size game played by two dancers and their children, in which no one wins and no one loses! In this piece at the crossroads of dance and the visual arts, the theme of play explores the relationship between creation and transmission-art and life-but also the parent-child bond. How does the mother-dancer collaborate with her child-dancer so that together they become partners in play? How can I, as a mother, support my child, awaken his curiosity, maintain his confidence...

Our mediators welcome you for free flash visits, on presentation of your exhibition ticket, to discover Mucem's exhibitions in a different way.
February Every Saturday and Sunday, then every day (except Tuesday) during Zone B school vacations from Monday February 16th to Sunday March 1st. – Mediterranean: 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. – Don Quixote: 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
March Every Saturday and Sunday until Sunday, March 15 – Mediterranean: 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. – Don Quixote: 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Every Saturday and Sunday from Saturday, March 21 – Bonnes Mères: 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. – Don Quixote: 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Le Mucem propose aux visiteurs déficients visuels de découvrir les expositions temporaires lors de visites guidées en audio-description qui peuvent être accompagnées de dispositifs multisensoriels.
Depuis quatre millénaires, la maternité est au cœur de récits, de rites et d’images qui façonnent les sociétés. L’exposition « Bonnes Mères » consacre ainsi la maternité méditerranéenne comme objet de construction sociale, enjeu politique et sujet artistique dans un parcours immersif et diachronique retraçant son histoire de l’Antiquité à nos jours, dans un va-et-vient permanent entre les époques et les œuvres.
Les visites multisensorielles des expositions temporaires sont réalisées en partenariat avec l’IRSAM Arc-en-ciel.

Mucem offers guided tours in LSF (French Sign Language). Come and discover the Mucem exhibitions with your family or friends.
For four millennia, motherhood has been at the heart of stories, rituals and images that shape societies. The “Bonnes Mères” exhibition focuses on Mediterranean maternity as an object of social construction, a political issue and an artistic subject, in an immersive, diachronic journey tracing its history from Antiquity to the present day, in a constant back-and-forth between eras and works of art.

As part of the Biennale des écritures du réel, which for the past 8 years has brought art, politics and society into dialogue, the Mucem is hosting a show and screening of the documentary.
In conjunction with the “Bonnes Mères” exhibition, the Mucem is hosting two events: the show Passports to freedom. Samira’s story by the Passeurs de Mémoires company, retracing the “ordinary integration journey” of Samira Belhoumi, who arrived from Algeria with her family at the age of 7, and the documentary film Nos mères, nos daronnes by Bouchera Azzouz.