Heritage Days 2025: visit the Château d'Ecouen - Musée national de la Renaissance (95)

To mark Heritage Days 2025 in the Val d'Oise, the Château d'Ecouen is opening its doors to visitors free of charge on Saturday September 20 and Sunday September 21.

This Renaissance château, located 20 km north of Paris, was built in the 16th century for Anne de Montmorency. For his residence, the Constable thought big and hired the best craftsmen of his time: Jean Bullant, Bernard Palissy, Masséot Abaquesne, Jean Goujon, perhaps Nicolo dell'Abbate, would succeed one another at the Château d'Écouen, incorporating the finest innovations of their era: paving, stained glass, panelling, painted friezes and landscapes, marble...

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Today, the Château d'Ecouen is home to a Renaissance Museum, whose works come mainly from the Musée de Cluny (Paris). These include the splendid David and Bathsheba tapestry, with its imposing dimensions of 75 m long by 4.50 m high, and one of the very first copies of Leonardo da Vinci's famous Last Supper, commissioned from Marco d'Oggiono in Milan in 1506.

The Musée National de la Renaissance invites you and the museum's curators to rediscover the château and its collections through an exceptional program of tours, workshops and lectures. You can also discover the works of art in a different way with the screening of Aplanos, l'homme de fer, a video creation by Xavier de Richemont.

On the program for the Journées du Patrimoine 2025 at Château d'Ecouen:

Aucun événement annoncé à ce jour, le programme est mis à jour en fonction des annonces officielles.

Lots to do this weekend!