Students and higher education
As the first national museum dedicated to the Mediterranean, the Mucem studies current phenomena in the Euro-Mediterranean area in all their historical, social and artistic aspects. Located in the heart of Marseille, its primary ambition is to appeal to all publics, including young people and students.
In partnership with Aix-Marseille Université, Beaux-Arts de Marseille and Conservatoire de Marseille Pierre Barbizet – members of the Institut National Supérieur d’Enseignement Artistique Marseille Méditerranée (INSEAMM), École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Marseille (ENSA-M) Sciences Po Aix and EHESS-Campus Marseille, the Mucem offers a special pricing and cultural policy to welcome students individually or in groups.
Coming solo
Are you a student interested in visiting the Mucem on your own?
Benefit from many advantages!
You are aged between 18 and 25 and live in one of the 27 countries of the European Union*.
Your benefits :
- free access to permanent exhibitions
- reduced rate for all temporary exhibitions
- reduced rate for all cultural events
*Offer valid for all young people aged 18 to 25, long-term residents of one of the 27 countries of the European Union or students at a French university other than one of Mucem’s partner universities, young employees, job-seekers, etc.
You are studying in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region at one of our partner universities*.
Aix-Marseille University, Beaux-Arts de Marseille and Conservatoire de Marseille Pierre Barbizet – establishments of the Marseille Méditerranée national institute of higher artistic education (INSEAMM), Marseille School of Architecture (ENSA-M), Sciences Po Aix, EHESS-Campus Marseille
Your benefits :
- free access to permanent exhibitions
- reduced rate for all temporary exhibitions
- reduced rate for all cultural events
*offer valid without age limit
Are you 18 years old? Benefit from the Pass Culture and come to the Mucem
In the year you turn 18, you’ll have access to an application on which you’ll have €300 for 24 months to discover and book local cultural and digital offerings (books, concerts, theater, museums, music lessons, digital subscriptions, etc.).
Mucem is part of this scheme, and you can now book your ticket for all Mucem exhibitions via the app.
Coming as a group
Are you in charge of a group of students and would like to organize a visit to the Mucem for your group?
Benefit from many advantages!
For student groups (8 to 30 people) from BTS, IUT, classes préparatoires supérieures, student associations, universities, higher education schools, the Mucem is a place for study, resources, outings, sharing, etc.
Throughout the university year, the Mucem offers a rich program of activities for students to discover.
Visit
Guided tours
If you’d like us to take care of everything for your group, we can arrange a tour with our guides. They’ll explain everything to you!
- Mucem discovery tour
- Available all year round / Duration: 1h30
- An inside-outside tour where you can see what’s essential. Visit the permanent exhibition “Populaire?”, or the temporary exhibition of your choice, for an initial introduction to the museum, followed by a stroll around the site to discover its emblematic buildings.
- Architecture tour
- Available all year round / Duration: 1h30
- “Lace shell”, “black diamond”, “concrete block”, “suspended footbridge”, “glass cube”… how do you see the Mucem? Sharpen your eyes on this behind-the-scenes tour of the construction of the J4 building by architect Rudy Ricciotti, in association with Roland Carta.
Self-guided group tours
It is possible to visit the museum and its exhibitions independently. In other words, a self-guided tour with prior booking. The visit is prepared by the group leader or can be entrusted to the students, depending on the purpose of the visit, the subjects of interest to the students and the exhibition in relation to the course.
- Mucem discovery tour
Cultural programming
You and your students can attend the museum’s various events. Throughout the year, we offer shows, concerts, events, festivals, cinema and lectures.
Depending on your wishes, you can contact us to tell us about your project and find out how to welcome and book your event. For ticketed events, reduced rates apply to students.
Information and reservations for student groups
- Tel: 04 84 35 13 13
- Mail: reservation@mucem.org
Research and training
Research and museum professions
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the museum’s scientific activities by taking part in conferences, workshops, seminars, study days and training courses, all of which help to disseminate the human and social sciences’ view of contemporary social issues, and provide food for thought about the museum and its projects. These days are organized in conjunction with laboratories or schools of higher education, and are open to the public free of charge. They take place at the Institut méditerranéen des métiers du patrimoine (Mucem – Fort Saint-Jean). They can be extended to suit students’ needs, in collaboration with the teachers concerned.
The Conservation and Resource Centre
In its Centre de Conservation et de Ressources (CCR), the Mucem, heir to the Musée National des Arts et Traditions Populaires, conserves over a million objects and documents: archives, books, sound and audiovisual collections.
Visit the Mucem reserves
The CCR offers students free access to an exhibition room and a reading room.
By appointment, visitors can explore the collection in one of the seventeen storerooms. Known as the “appartement-témoin”, the visitable reserve allows visitors to discover a sampling of the collections, with objects of different materials, periods and geographical origins.
The team at the Conservation and Resource Centre will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and to help you explore the site.
Visits to the model apartment on the first Tuesday of the month at 2pm:
- Mail: reservationccr@mucem.org
- Tel: 04.84.35.14.23
The Mucem library
Specializing in ethnology and the human and social sciences, it houses a rich collection of stories, literature and folk art, and holds over 150,000 documents on France, Europe and the Mediterranean. A vast selection of children’s books, comics and magazines is on display in the reading room.
Reading room Monday to Friday, 2pm to 5pm and by appointment, 9am to 12:30pm.
A free subscription allows you to borrow books and magazines.
Consult the Mucem collection
Some of the Mucem’s holdings and collections can be consulted online.
Consultation of objects by appointment, with a 15-day response period.
Practical information
Rates
BTS group, IUT, higher preparatory classes or student associations
- Guided tour with a Mucem lecturer: €50 (1h) or €70 (1h30)
- CCR visit: Free (1h30 or 2h)
- Self-guided tour: Free
- Cinema : 4 € / pers.
- Shows: Reduced rate according to category
Universities and colleges group
- Guided tour with a Mucem lecturer: €110 (1h) or €130 (1h30)
- CCR visit: Free (1h30 or 2h)
- Self-guided tour: normal admission rates apply (free for student groups from AMU, IEP Aix-en-Provence, INSEAMM, ENSA-M).
- Cinema : 4 € / pers.
- Shows: Reduced rate according to category
For group leaders: free admission to exhibitions on presentation of a group booking confirmation at the cash desk.
For partner universities and schools: Staff of Aix-Marseille Université (AMU), Beaux-Arts de Marseille and Conservatoire de Marseille Pierre Barbizet – staff of Institut National Supérieur d’Enseignement Artistique Marseille Méditerranée (INSEAMM), École d’Architecture de Marseille (ENSA-M), Sciences Po Aix and one accompanying person. Free admission to all exhibitions and discounts for cultural events are granted on presentation of a valid professional card or, failing this, proof of employment (contract, professional decree).
Reservations
All tours are by reservation only. Requests must be made at least three weeks in advance for guided tours or workshops, and one week in advance for self-guided tours.
For reasons of comfort, groups are limited to 30 people, including accompanying adults. If your group exceeds this limit, we advise you to book two similar activities at similar times.
Payment methods
Activities must be paid for in advance by cheque, credit card, bank transfer, purchase order or money order (for public administrations and institutions).
Opening days and times
Student groups are welcome every day except Tuesday.
Contact
Write to us
Mucem
1, esplanade du J4
CS 10351
13213 Marseille Cedex 02Reservations and information
Tel: 04 84 35 13 13
Mail: reservation@mucem.org
Picnic on site
If you are coming with a group, please inform the reservations department. Depending on the weather and the season, we can advise you or provide you with a picnic area.
Checkroom
The Mucem provides a free checkroom for the whole group.
Partner schools and universities
