The national theme “Heritage and Creation” is an opportunity to showcase and connect the world of heritage and creation and to highlight the complementarity between cultural development and urban planning:
Free access to cultural establishments, guided tours, itineraries, conferences, children’s workshops, entertainment… or as every year, the museums take center stage:
• Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
Free concerts at 4 PM organized by Gilles Mottet and the Association Pourquoi Pas… Co-incidence?
September 20 at 4 PM, concert duration: 1 hour – Performer: Guillaume Rabier
September 21 at 4 PM, concert duration: 1 hour – Performers: Christian Bini, Olivier Leroy, Gilles Mottet, Guillaume Rabier, Bernard Philippe Vallino
• Matisse Museum
September 20 and 21 at 11 AM and 3 PM: Guided tours of the collection
Free entry subject to available seats: groups of up to 25 people, no reservation.
Continuous screening of a documentary in the auditorium (level -2)
• International Museum of Naive Art Anatole Jakovsky
Directly engaging with creation: Danielle Jacqui – Unique encounters with the artist at the heart of her reconstructed studio in situ.
3 PM and 4 PM: Guided tours of the museum
Visits to the gardens by Mr. Pierre Boizet, botanist.
• Museum of Fine Arts
September 20 and 21 at 11 AM and 3 PM: Guided tours on Marie Bashkirtseff and her contemporaries by Nicole Hogge and Patricia Grimaud
• Masséna Museum
On the occasion of the 2008 heritage days, the Masséna Museum opens an exhibition titled “Light of Nice. Alexis Mossa’s open-air studio” (until January 4, 2009).
• Lascaris Palace
September 20 at 10 AM and 3:30 PM: Guided tours of Lascaris Palace
2:30 PM and 4:30 PM: Concerts by the Ancient Music Society
September 21 at 10 AM and 3:30 PM: Guided tours of Lascaris Palace
11 AM: Musical intervention by the group Occitaniss (regional music and creations)
2:30 PM and 4:30 PM: Concert by the Nice Baroque Ensemble
• Nice-Cemenelum Archaeological Museum and Site
Roman heritage and fashion creation with the ARELATE association: Roman clothing try-on booth for the public with explanations about the outfits: Saturday afternoon and Sunday
September 20 at 3 PM and 5 PM, September 21 at 11 AM, 3 PM, and 5 PM: Organization of improvised parades with the public in costume
Roman heritage, culinary “recreation,” and tasting:
September 20 at 1 PM, 4 PM, September 21 at 11 AM and 1 PM: Rediscovering the roots of Mediterranean cuisine through products from TABERNA ROMANA inspired by the oldest recipe book written by Apicius, the cook of Emperor Tiberius
• Terra Amata Museum of Human Paleontology
September 20 and 21 at 2:30 PM: Guided tours of the permanent collection
September 20 and 21 at 10 AM and 11 AM: Explanation of the monumental sculpture by Raymond Moretti located in front of the museum and exhibition of posters he dedicated to Prehistory
September 20 and 21 at 2:30 PM and 4:30 PM: Guided tours of the museum’s reserves with the participation of the Friends of the Museum Association, CEPTA.
• Photography and Image Theater Charles-Nègre
September 21 at 3 PM: Conference on the theme of Heritage and Photographic Creation by Olivier Monge, photographer.
The public can discover the “September of Photography” exhibition in a free visit or a guided tour on Saturday, September 20 at 11 AM and 4 PM.
Other Buildings and Institutions
• The Urban and Architectural Forum
The Urban and Architectural Forum of the city of Nice offers the public facing mobility problems, 15 urban walks on screen: Walk of the Nice bell towers, towers, roofs, domes and cupolas, painted friezes, mosaics and ceramics, the garden, the theater… These walks will be projected in the conference room of the Urban and Architectural Forum on the ground floor, which can easily accommodate wheelchairs. The author of these walks, Françoise Duplouy, president of the association Pro Civitate, will be available to answer questions.
Projections on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 September from 9 AM to 12:30 PM and from 2 PM to 5 PM.
Free entry.
For all heritage enthusiasts
● Visit of the exhibition “Nice, living Historical Monuments” which presents a wide array of buildings from all periods and exceptional sites of the city, through models, panels, films.
Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 September. Free entry to the Urban Forum at the same times.
● Route allowing the observation of a series of classified buildings, on the theme of their life, their modifications over the centuries, and the questions raised by their conservation: the Sardinian Palace, the Chapel of Mercy, the Lascaris Palace, the Chapel of the Blue Penitents, Garibaldi Square, the Ile de Beauté Square, and the Church of Our Lady of the Port.
For this route, meet on Saturday, September 20 at 10 AM in front of the Urban and Architectural Forum, Place Pierre Gautier (Cours Saleya)
Registration: 04 97 13 31 51 (limited places)
• Municipal Archives
September 20 and 21 from 10 AM to 1 PM and from 2 PM to 5 PM – Guided tours of the buildings
Presentation of a selection of original documents, showcasing the richness and variety of media, as well as administrative action through the ages.
The theme of creation and heritage will be particularly represented through documents illustrating the adaptability of the urban landscape to sociological and technological mutations.
• Romain-Gary Heritage and Study Library
September 20 from 9 AM to 6 PM: Guided tour of the heritage store – Pierre GIOFFREDO Exhibition (1629 – 1692)
The heritage days will provide an opportunity to make known this Nice writer and historian whose main work is “The History of the Alpes-Maritimes.”
The work of Pierre Gioffredo remains anchored in the political and cultural reality of Nice in the 17th century. The exhibition will present editions from the 15th to the 17th century of works that belonged to the historian, as well as views and plans of Nice in the 17th century.
• Villa Arson – School of Art and National Center for Contemporary Art
Dedicated to contemporary art and labeled 20th Century Heritage, Villa Arson is a unique establishment and thus offers a unique example of the link between heritage and contemporary creation.
from 2 PM to 7 PM: Free visits of the site, architecture, works in situ, and exhibitions. Discovery of an interactive 3D image model.
at 2 PM and 4:30 PM (no reservation): Guided tours.
September 20 at 3:30 PM
Roundtable: “Open-air art,” heritage, and contemporary creation, viewed from the angle of artistic public commission over the last thirty years. Organized by the National Center for Visual Arts and the Delegation to the Visual Arts (Ministry of Culture).
September 21 at 3:30 PM
Conference meeting with the team from the Marseille School of Architecture who designed an interactive 3D image model of Villa Arson.
• Palaces of the Kings of Sardinia: 10 AM – 12 PM and 2 PM – 6 PM
The associative world fully joins these days by organizing visits in churches, chapels, parks, and gardens.
• Chapel of Mercy – 2, Place Pierre-Gauthier
Known as the Black Penitents Chapel (18th century)
September 20 from 10 AM to 12 PM and from 2:30 PM to 6 PM: Guided tours
September 21 from 2:30 PM to 6 PM. Guided tours
• Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre – 7, Place Garibaldi
Known as the Blue Penitents Chapel (18th century)
September 20 from 2 PM to 6 PM: Guided tours at 2 PM and 4 PM,
September 21 from 10 AM to 6 PM: Guided tours 10 AM-12 PM – 2 PM-4 PM.
• Chapel of the Holy Trinity and the Holy Shroud – 2, Rue Jules-Gilly
Known as the Red Penitents Chapel (19th century)
September 20 from 10 AM to 12 PM, 2:30 PM to 6 PM: Guided tours
September 21 from 2:30 PM to 6 PM: Guided tours
• Holy Cross Chapel – 2, Rue Saint-Joseph
Known as the White Penitents Chapel (18th century)
Open continuously from 10 AM to 6 PM for guided tours during these two days
• Reformed Church of Nice – 21, Boulevard Victor Hugo
September 20 at 11 AM: Guided tour
September 21 at 4 PM: Guided tour (subject to ceremonies)
• Bon Voyage Chapel
September 20 and 21 from 10 AM to 12 PM and from 2 PM to 5 PM – 04.92.04.11.81.
Trees in the City
Discovering the gardens of the Naive Art Museum:
Saturday and Sunday, September 20 and 21 at 3 PM and 4 PM.
Discovering the botanical heritage of Cimiez
Sunday, September 21 at 10 AM: Meeting at 8 Bd Carabacel
Around the Tramway
Visit the open-air museum of contemporary art around the tramway
September 20 at 7 PM, 8 PM, 9 PM Guided tour with registration at the Heritage Center – 04.92.00.41.90
The tramway stations and neighborhood heritage
Ray Station: “St Barthélémy” route, Liberation Station: Route from the South Station to Parc Valrose, Jean Médecin Station: Route “Discovering the Longchamp neighborhood”, Masséna Station: “New Nice 1830-1860”, Opéra Vieille-Ville Station: Route “Nice’s Belle Epoque”, Cathédrale Vieille Ville Station: Route “Medieval Old Nice”, Garibaldi Station: Route “Baroque Old Nice”.
