Journées du Patrimoine 2025: games and activities at the Archives Départementales et Communales de Paris

Every year, the Journées du Patrimoine (Heritage Days ) delight the curious and lovers of art and history with a weekend of fascinating, lively and often free visits to some of our finest treasures. Whether public or private, this event is a great opportunity to take advantage of exceptional and even unprecedented bargains. Don't miss the next event on the weekend of September 20 and 21, 2025.

For this year's Journées du Patrimoine, the Archives de Paris, located in the 19th arrondissement, are opening their doors to let you discover the city's history from a new angle, through the archives and other documents produced by the city's departments.

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For over 200 years, the Archives de Paris have had one vocation: to collect all the documents issued by the city of Paris, but also"by the various government departments located in the Seine, then Paris". How do these documents become archives? What happens from the moment they are collected to the moment they reach the reading room? What is preserved, how and why? What secrets are hidden behind the scenes at the Archives de Paris? These are just some of the questions you'll be able to answer at the 41st Journées du Patrimoine.

The Journées du Patrimoine 2025 program at the Archives de Paris:

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