Nuit des Musées 2024 is a great opportunity to discover the Musée intercommunal de Nogent-sur-Marne, located in the Val-de-Marne region of France. This annual event allows visitors to discover the collections of France's museums in a festive and convivial atmosphere, and this year the festivities are taking place on Saturday, May 18!
Housed in the Hôtel des Coignards, the Musée intercommunal de Nogent-sur-Marne is home to a collection of works of art and historical objects relating to the region, and more specifically to the banks and loops of the Marne, its landscapes, engineering structures and architecture, through temporary and permanent exhibitions, as well as collections dedicated to the history of the city of Nogent-sur-Marne.
The Nuit des Musées 2024 at the Musée intercommunal de Nogent-sur-Marne promises to be as artistic and bucolic as it is interesting, with entertainment for visitors, both adults and children. This special evening is the perfect opportunity to discover the Musée intercommunal de Nogent-sur-Marne in a new light (or rather, a new night!), with friends or family.
The Olympic year is upon us: towns in the Territoire Paris Est Marne & Bois have been awarded the "Terres de Jeux" label, and several of them are preparing athletes for the Paris 2024 Games in centers. To mark the occasion, the museum is presenting an exhibition on the history of sport in the region, epitomized by the first sports training school created in France: the Joinville Gymnastics School (1852). The school was set up in what is now the Bois de Vincennes, housed in two redoubts and in the Saint-Maur and des Canadiens camps. It also had its own pontoon on the banks of the Marne for diving and swimming.
The school was primarily a military one, training instructors with a view to strengthening the French Army. Activities were dictated by a concern for efficiency on the battlefield: climbing walls, cane and baton handling, and fencing... The school's excellence and exacting standards soon earned it an international reputation. To improve athletes' performance, it also developed physiological research. Highly innovative photographs were taken "in bursts" in studios set up to detail body movements: "chronophotographs". Measuring instruments tested athletes' efforts and performance.
From 1908 onwards, the military academy was joined by a teacher training college to develop sport in schools.
During the First World War, the school became France's first physical re-education center.
In 1925, it was renamed the École supérieure d'éducation physique and published La Méthode française, a nationwide reference manual.
It contributed to the feminization of sport by organizing physical education courses for women, and trained top-level sportswomen, notably in discus throwing.
For nearly a century, the "Joinville Method" spread throughout France, both to civilians and the military.
The Joinville school is at the origin of the Institut National du Sport, de l'Expertise et de la Performance (INSEP), which perpetuates both the development of sports science and the training of the elite.
The exhibition Une longueur d'avance! invites you to discover this epic story. It brings together often unpublished documents from several institutions: INSEP, the Musée National du Sport, the Service Historique de la Défense, the Ville de Joinville-le-Pont and, of course, the museum's collection of old postcards of the school.
5:45pm: Mme Gardahaut's CM1 class from the Jean-Jacques Gressier school in Joinville-le-Pont will present their work based on a gouache by James Rassiat, Fjord norvégien (1964): the class was inspired by the idea of mystery that emanates from the work.
7pm: Mmes Bonin and Mérand's CE2 class from Guy Môquet school in Nogent-sur-Marne will present their work based on a depiction of the banks of the Marne by Alexis Eugène Guigné: Vue de la Marne à Chennevières (circa 1900): this time, the class has chosen to work on the theme of natural landscapes.
The museum is offering a series of readings on the theme of sport, chosen and performed by actor Philippe Nottin, as part of the "Une longueur d'avance!" exhibition. At the heart of the exhibition on the Joinville-le-Pont Gymnastics and Fencing School (1852-1939), come and listen to Seneca explain the importance of gymnastics, Albert Londres recount the Tour de France cycling race, and Jean Echenoz recount the life of racer Zatoptek. We'll relive the heyday of canoeing with Maupassant, and dive into the delights of swimming with Chantal Thomas...
This evening of readings will also be a great opportunity to (re)discover the Musée Intercommunal de Nogent-sur-Marne, which has a permanent section dedicated to the history of the banks of the Marne... But the decor will also be changed, as the students of two local classes will be installing their artistic work, produced as part of the "La classe l'œuvre!" artistic and cultural education operation, on the weekend of May 18 and 19. ".
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Dates and Opening Time
On May 18th, 2024
Location
Intercommunal Museum of Nogent-sur-Marne
36 Boulevard Gallieni
94130 Nogent sur Marne
Prices
Free
Official website
museenogentsurmarne.net
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