With the coronavirus epidemic and health measures, the “European Night of Museums” will take place online. People of all ages and tastes are invited to participate in this digital event #NuitDesMuséesChezNous. An initiative set up by the Ministry of Culture and taken up by the city of Nice.
In Nice, many exhibitions can be discovered on the website cultivez-vous.nice.fr, a digital platform created by the City last March to provide everyone with access to cultural content during times of confinement.
With the health crisis, culture had to reinvent itself. Since March, 66,500 visits have been recorded and 179,500 pages have been viewed on this site set up by the municipality.
As part of the European night, museums will also offer special programs online and on their social networks:
On the site of the Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain (MAMAC), several activities will be offered:
games and downloadable content for children and families.
a “choose your own adventure” tour and playful educational materials on the collections.
a teaser of the exhibition “She bam pow POP wizz! Les Amazones du pop” will be available.
“Ursula Biemann. Indigenous Knowledge – Cosmological Fictions” in guided tour form.
“Tell me about a work”: about ten iconic works of the museum are revealed and narrated by the MAMAC team.
Several artists will be invited:
Compagnie Trans: video capture of the choreographic piece by the Compagnie Trans “SEULE for a dancer and an electronic device”
GUID Project with the National Choreographic Center BALLET PRELJOCAJ – PAVILLON NOIR
The MAMAC seen through the eyes of the students:
the “path of light” project presented on video by the older section students of the Terra Amata Preschool, 3rd grade students of Collège l’Escarène, Collège Ségurane, and Lycée Pasteur.
the “clowns among the Amazons” project by 5th-grade students of Maurice Jaubert College.
On the YouTube channel of the Terra Amata Prehistory Museum:
Theatrical reading and conference around Roy Lewis’s book “Why Did I Eat My Father?” by actor Nicolas Deliau and prehistorian Bertrand Roussel, Director of the museum.
The Yeti discovers Prehistory at the Terra Amata museum. A performance by Florent Testa, and a production by Matériaux Mixtes.
To learn all about the museum, it is possible to download the “Terra Amata” app on a smartphone.
For the Masséna Museum:
Exhibition “Nice and the Second Empire” through the eyes of Muriel Mayette-Holtz, Director of the National Theater of Nice. Visitors will find this imperial visit in the prestigious lounges of the Villa Masséna.
The Masséna Museum offers a free downloadable app on a smartphone, providing access to the treasures of the Villa Masséna remotely.
All activities will be offered on Saturday, November 14, on the various participating museum sites in the city. And the exhibitions will remain accessible online after the event.
