European Night of Museums: the City of Nice invites you to an unusual museum experience

This Saturday, May 13, 2023, the 19th European Night of Museums will take place. Thus, the museums of Nice will welcome you until nightfall to offer you an unusual museum experience.

Launched in 2005, the European Night of Museums is a national event organized by the Ministry of Culture. This evening aims to democratize culture and attract new audiences to museums. In this sense, the operation “La classe, l’œuvre!” in partnership with the Ministry of National Education and Youth, is renewed this year. It has allowed many classes and museums to develop projects that will be presented during the Night of Museums, thus encouraging the attendance of a school and family audience.

As every year, the City of Nice opens the doors of its museums for free in the evening. On the program: visits to various current exhibitions, screenings and activities from nightfall and for some until midnight.

Evening Program

 MAMAC

• 6 PM : Screening of the film “ Marcel Alocco : la Manu-facture du sens ” by Alain Amiel.
• 6 PM : Workshop on outdoor collage technique “ Nos visages ” linked to the work of Caroline Trucco.
• 6 PM/8 PM/9 PM : Masked reading of dreams by the collective La Machine “ Panorama des épopées introspectives – American Dream ”.
• 7 PM: Circus and music with the show “ En circulo ” by the company El Tercer Ojo.
• 8 PM and 9 PM : Stroll with the young dancers of the Pôle National Supérieur de Danse Rosella Hightower.
• 8:30 PM/8:45 PM/9:30 PM/10 PM/11 PM : Musical encounters with percussion students from the Nice Conservatory.
• 11:30 PM: Lighting of Yves Klein’s “ Wall of Fire ”.

Musée Matisse

• 6:30 PM : Collage and pastel workshop Remix – Matisse/Wesselmann.
• 7 PM: Musical stroll with guitarist Laurent Blanquart.
• 8:30 PM : Guided tour of the exhibition “ Tom Wesselmann. After Matisse ”.

Musée de la Photographie Charles Nègre

• 6 PM: Meet with photographer Alexandre Dufaye at the museum’s gallery.
• 7 PM: Guided tour of the exhibition “ Lionel Kazan, un air du temps ”.
• 8 PM: Musical journey on the piano into the world of Lionel Kazan.

Musée international d’art naïf Anatole Jakovsky

• From 6 PM to 10:30 PM : Exhibition by Ben “ On est tous fous ”.
• 7 PM : Visit of Anatole and Renée Jakovsky collections.
• 8:30 PM : Experience the backstage of setting up the exhibition “ On est tous fous ”.

Palais Lascaris

• 6 PM – 10 PM : Meet with artist Sylvie T.
• 6:30 PM : Visit of the temporary exhibition “ odon. Métamorphose baroque ”.
• 7:30 PM/8:30 PM : Savor the gesture, posture, verb, and mask through the art of “ comedia dell’arte ” with a skit.
• 8 PM/9:15 PM: Musical escape accompanied by acoustic rock sounds.

 Musée Masséna

• 5 PM : Conference “ The nobility of Nice and its County between the 13th and 19th centuries ”.
• 6 PM: Retrospective “ Nice, an English story ”.
• 7:30 PM/8:30 PM : Guided tours of the museum.

 Museum of Natural History

• From 6 PM to 10 PM (every hour): The color of insects in guided visits.

 Museum of Archaeology of Nice / Cimiez

• 6 PM : Visit of the archaeological site of the thermal baths “ tous aux bains ”.
• 8:30 PM : Special guided tour “ La lampe de Caïus ou la vie quotidienne à Cemenelum ”.
• 9:30 PM : Workshop on making an oil lamp “ Make your lamp even if you’re not a light !”

 Museum of Prehistory of Terra Amata

• From 6 PM to 8 PM (departure every half hour): Visit of the reserves.
• 8:30 PM : Special guided tour “ A meeting with the first Niçois ”.
• 9:30 PM : Participatory workshop of prehistoric art “ Leave a mark at Terra Amata ”.

 Jules Chéret Museum of Fine Arts

• 6 PM/7 PM : Tasting visits. Registration at musee.beaux-arts@ville-nice.fr or by phone at 04 92 15 28 28. 

For the detailed program, we invite you to visit the website!