Tag: Museums
Tomorrow’s “cannon fodder”: War museums prepare Russian students for early death
“Special military operations” museums are springing up like mushrooms in Russian schools following a decree by Vladimir Putin. The children should learn from an early age: Ukrainian “neo-Nazis” must be…
French museums record record attendance in 2023
The entrance to the Louvre Museum, in Paris, in June 2022. STEFANO RELLANDINI/AFP Boosted by tourism, French museums and monuments are almost all showing increasing attendance. The Louvre occupies, unsurprisingly,…
Strong return of the public to the major Parisian museums
Visitors to the Louvre museum in Paris during the “Night of Things” exhibition, January 13, 2023 (AFP/Archives/Ludovic MARIN) Exceptional exhibitions and an appetite increased tenfold by health restrictions: four years…
Museums increasingly concerned about the psychological well-being of their public
Educational cabins installed in Hamo, the mediation department of the Palais de Tokyo, in Paris, in September 2023. RACHAEL WOODSON ” Much better. » This is the name of a…
The museums of the City of Paris are preparing for the Olympic Games
“Horses exercising” (1821), lithograph by Théodore Géricault. ARTOKOLORO/PHOTONONSTOP The 14 museums of the City of Paris have in 2022 regained the level of attendance they knew before the health crisis…
Five museums on aviation and planes to discover
THE MORNING LIST Have you ever seen the amazing Plane No. 3 by Clément Ader, suspended from the ceiling of the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Paris? France, the…
Exhibitions, museums, cinemas: the little-known advantages of the Navigo pass
This is a fact little known to Navigo pass owners. Subscription to certain transport tickets on this medium allows you to benefit from cultural advantages in Île-de-France. The Navigo pass…
European Night of Museums: all about the Saturday 13 May edition
Throughout Europe, nearly 3,400 museums, including 1,300 in France, are offering visitors a special program this Saturday evening. By Valentin Dechambre for Le Point The Night of Museums is an…
Five atypical museums to visit with children in and around Paris
The MABA, in Nogent-sur-Marne (Val-de-Marne) The MABA and its park, a setting for contemporary art. FOUNDATION OF ARTISTS/MABA Created in 2006, this contemporary art center is located in an almost…
Five creative workshops for children and teenagers in museums in and around Paris
Ceramics, photography and painting at Le Plateau (Paris 19e) Workshop at the Plateau. MARTIN ARGYROGLO / FRAC ILE-DE-FRANCE, LE PLATEAU The friendly Plateau mediation team (an exhibition hall of the…
Grenoble increases its property tax and makes its museums free
By Le Figaro with AFP Published yesterday at 7:01 p.m., Update yesterday at 8:56 p.m. A view of the city of Grenoble. JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT / AFP The goal is to…
Grenoble increases its property tax and makes its museums free
The city of Grenoble announced on Friday an upcoming 25% increase in the municipal share of the property tax in order to finance investments, a “social and climate shield” and…