On the occasion of the “European Night of Museums 2018,” the City of Nice is opening its museums and galleries for free to the general public and offering night tours with an original approach starting at 6 PM.
MATISSE MUSEUM
6 PM to 8:30 PM – The museum in music Mini-concerts by music classes from the Nice conservatory
6:30 PM to 9:30 PM – “IN SERIES” tours [1 hour per tour]. Guided tours of the “Matisse in series” exhibition and workshops at 7:45 PM and 9 PM
MAMAC
8 PM to 10 PM (1st floor, room 1): Musical project “HHH”
Three students from the electro-acoustic department of the Nice conservatory come together in a synthesizer trio enhanced by an acousmonium (loudspeaker orchestra).
8 PM to 10 PM (2nd and 3rd floors): Flash Visit among “friends”
For one night, the Friends of the MAMAC share their enthusiasm for one or more works of the museum with you.
8:30 PM, 9:45 PM & 10:30 PM (2nd floor): Dance performance by Compagnie Humaine
9:30 PM [15 min] on the Niki de Saint-Phalle forecourt: Starship. As part of the “If It Were to Be Done Again” exhibition by Renaud-Auguste Dormeuil, the activation of the Starship artwork in collaboration with the equestrian brigade of the City’s municipal police
11 PM [30 min] In the Sosno garden amphitheater. Spin-off flight “The sky will wait” – Renaud-Auguste Dormeuil
11:30 PM [10 min] MAMAC Terraces. Lighting of Yves Klein’s Wall of Fire
INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF NAÏVE ART ANATOLE JAKOVSKY
7 PM and 8 PM: Guided tour The everyday object within the collections
PALAIS LASCARIS
8 PM Polyphonic song concert from the Southern Alps “A Capella” by the Corou de Berra
FINE ARTS MUSEUM
7 PM: Mediation on the correspondence between music and the arts at the turn of the 19th-20th century
7:30 PM: Chamber music concert by students from the Nice conservatory
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF NICE-CIMIEZ
6:30 PM to 7 PM – Solo saxophone at the heart of the collections
7 PM to 8 PM – Guided tour of the site and museum
8 PM to 8:30 PM – Easy Haka by Jean-Denis Micha and Edit Lejet Ceremony for saxophone ensemble
8:30 PM to 9:30 PM – Themed tour, Raw materials used by the craftsmen of Cemenelum
9:30 PM to 10 PM – The Archaeology of Minimalism: In C by Terry Riley For variable geometry instrumental ensemble
TERRA AMATA PREHISTORY MUSEUM
6:30 PM to 7:30 PM – Prehistoric men explore their territory Special guided tour on the flaked stone tools of Terra Amata
7:30 PM to 9 PM – Treasure hunt. Discover the raw materials at the prehistoric site of Terra Amata
9 PM to 10 PM – Fossil stories. Participate in this themed visit on fossilization
10 PM to 11 PM – Sensory workshop: Discover by touch the different raw materials and objects of Prehistory
MARINE GALLERY Free tour of the exhibition Tatiana Wolska – Potential habitat for an artist
MASSÉNA MUSEUM
6 PM to 10 PM: Jazzin’Masséna Discover this music and the paintings of Monique Bornstein “live”
7 PM & 8:30 PM (1st floor) Guided tours of the permanent collections
