Travelling exhibitions

Past travelling exhibitions

• "Model clothes

  The “Model Garments” exhibition follows the journey of five pieces that have stood the test of time and fashion. How have tank tops and overalls, designed to dress tradesmen, become sources of inspiration and even “basics” for the fashion industry? What transformations are the kilt and espadrille, associated with specific geographies, undergoing as they spread? What paths did jogging take to free itself from sports use and become one of the images of urban culture?
  Born out of the repertoires of sportswear, workwear and regional costume, they are now all staples of the contemporary wardrobe.

  The “Model Clothes” exhibition was presented at Riga’s Museum of Decorative Arts and Design between May 25 and September 25, 2022.

• Jean Dubuffet, a barbarian in Europe

  Coproduced by Mucem with the Institut Valencià d’Art Modern de Valence (Ivam) and the Musée d’ethnographie de Genève (Meg).

  Painter, writer and inventor of “Art Brut”, Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) was a major figure on the twentieth-century art scene. This exhibition presents his artistic production in all its diversity, with a particular focus on the objects and documents resulting from the research he carried out while visiting museums of ethnography and folk art, as well as various collections dedicated to the “art of the mad”.

  – AtMucemApril 30 – September 2, 2019
  – At Ivam (Valencia, Spain)October 3, 2019 – February 16, 2020
  – At Meg (Geneva, Switzerland)May 8, 2020 – January 03, 2021

• Roman-Photo

• Instant tunisien, Archives of the revolution

  Touring Mucem – Bardo Museum (Tunis, Tunisia)

  The Tunisian revolution (December 2010 – January 2011) was unprecedented in more ways than one. In the age of digital communication, it inaugurated the marriage of new technologies and the street, introducing a new type of mobilization, new modes of political action and new forms of artistic expression.

  The exhibition retraces the twenty-nine days of the Tunisian revolution, from the spark in Sidi Bouzid to the fall of President Ben Ali.

  – AtMucemMarch 21 to September 30, 2019
  – At Musée duBardoJanuary 14 to March 31, 2019

• The other face of the moon

  Touring Mucem – Asia Culture Center (Gwangju, South Korea)

  Twenty-five Asian artists (most of them Korean) completed a residency at Mucem between May and June 2017 to discover and immerse themselves in the museum’s European ethnographic collections. This exhibition is the culmination of this work: combining contemporary artworks and objects from Mucem’s collections, it presents views and inspirations crossed between Asia and the Mediterranean.

  At theAsia Culture Center from October 26, 2017 to February 25, 2018.

• Junk user's guide

  Touring Mucem – National Folk Museum (Seoul, South Korea)

  How do societies produce, treat, appropriate and transform waste? The “Vies d’ordures” exhibition addresses today’s major ecological issues, inviting us to question the future of our value systems and lifestyles.

  Presented in Marseilles in 2017 from a Mediterranean perspective, this exhibition has been adapted to the Korean context, and has been the subject of close cooperation between the teams at Mucem and the Folk Museum.

  – AtMucemMarch 22 to August 14, 2017
  – At the National FolkMuseumJuly 19 to October 31, 2017

• Shared holy places

  Itinérance Mucem with the Musée Dar el Bacha (Marrakech, Morocco), the Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration (Paris, France) and the Musée du Bardo (Tunis, Tunisia).

  This exhibition looks at a phenomenon little known to the general public, but very present in the Mediterranean: holy places shared by followers of different religions.

  Created in Marseille in 2015, the exhibition has toured to Marrakech, Paris and Tunis.

  – At the Dar el Bacha MuseumFromDecember 18, 2017 to March 19, 2018
  – At the Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigrationFromOctober 24, 2017 to January 21, 18
  – At the Musée du BardoFromNovember 19, 2016 to February 12, 2017

• Traces, fragments of a contemporary Tunisia

  Itinérance Mucem – Institut français de Tunis

  Comprising two successive exhibitions – “Fragment I” and “Fragment II” – this project presents young Tunisian artists in images. Just a few years after the revolution, this is a way of testifying to the richness and multiplicity of viewpoints on today’s Tunisia.

  Presented in Marseille from May 13, 2015 to February 29, 2016, then at theInstitut français de Tunis from April 1 to May 19, 2016.

• I love panoramas

  Coproduction Mucem – Musée Rath (Geneva, Switzerland)

  An exhibition that examines the notion of “panorama” from every angle. Through fine art, cinema, contemporary art and installation, it presents a thousand and one ways to rediscover the panoramic experience!

  Presented at the Mucem in 2015-2016, then at the Musée Rath from June 12 to September 27, 2015.

• Divine migrations

  Coproduction Mucem – Fondation Gandur pour l’Art et les Musées d’Art et d’Histoire (Geneva, Switzerland)

  Through an exceptional collection of archaeological works and objects, “Migrations divines” takes a fresh look at the great polytheisms of Antiquity, examining the dialogue between the Egyptian, Greek and Roman pantheons.

  Presented at Mucem in 2015, then at the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art et les Musées d’Art et d’Histoire from June 24 to November 16, 2015.

• The world upside down, carnivals and masquerades in Europe and the Mediterranean

  Coproduction Mucem – Musée international du Carnaval et du Masque (Binche, Belgium)

  At a time when rural masquerades and urban parades are being reborn and reinvented everywhere, this exhibition takes a fresh look at contemporary carnival practices.

  The result of a survey-collection project, it was presented at Mucem from March 26 to August 25, 2014 and at the Musée international du Carnaval et du Masque from January 25 to July 31, 2015.

• Food: producing, eating, consuming

  Mucem co-production with SESC Pinheiros, (Sao Paulo, Brazil), Spazio Oberdan (Milan, Italy) and Musée Arina (Geneva, Switzerland).

  37 artists from five continents present the fruit of their reflections on various issues related to food: the consequences of climate change, soil and agricultural pollution, discrepancies in food distribution, table rituals… The ensemble creates a multidisciplinary dialogue integrating historical and contemporary works, but also everyday objects.

  – AtMucemOctober 29, 2014 to February 23, 2015
  – SESC Pinheiros, (Sao Paulo, Brazil), March 2014
  – Spazio Oberdan (Milan, Italy), September 2013
  – At the Arina Museum, December 2012