Heritage Days 2025 at INA, the Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (94): activities

The Journées du Patrimoine are back again. This key event of the month of September takes over Paris and the surrounding region, offering a vast program of cultural, unusual and exciting visits to the four corners of the Île-de-France region.

The general public is invited to explore heritage in all its guises, at the heart of must-see monuments, royal castles, secret spots, or even places that are usually inaccessible. History, art, medicine, fashion, crafts, terroir and much more, it's hard not to find a plan to match your passions.

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If you're fascinated by the world of the media, then let's meet up at Bry-sur-Marne, in the Val-de-Marne, where INA, the Institut National de l'Audiovisuel, is exceptionally opening its doors to us. Here, we'll be immersing ourselves in France's audiovisual heritage, and taking a behind-the-scenes look at this iconic institution and its archives through a special program. Join us on the weekend of September 20-21, 2025, for an immersion into the history of television.

Heritage Days 2025 at INA, the Institut National de l'Audiovisuel in Bry-sur-Marne (94)

• Visit to the Institut national de l'audiovisuel
  Saturday, September 20, 2025 - 10:00 ⤏ 18:00 | Sunday, September 21, 2025 - 10:00 ⤏ 18:00
  

  INA, the world's only public enterprise model, a heritage medium with decades of TV, radio and web memory, is opening its doors for the European Heritage Days, and taking you behind the scenes! With over 2 billion video views per year, INA archives, preserves, digitizes and distributes to all audiences one of the world's largest audiovisual libraries. Whether on your own or with your family, we invite you to discover our activities and professions, some of which are little-known.

  Program for Saturday September 20 and Sunday September 21, 2025

  1/ INA podcasts, the stories you thought you knew

  Sit back and listen to podcasts that revisit our past through personal accounts such as Archives du crime, encounters such as La vie d'avant, or great classics such as Les Misérables.

  2/ Immersive journey to the heart of INA podcasts

  Let yourself be carried away by a unique audio and visual experience at the heart of the iconic worlds of Tintin and The Jungle Book.

  3/ Blindtest

  Can you recognize TV theme songs from the last 50 years? Test your knowledge and go home with prizes!

  4/ From paper to AI: the history of written archives

  Did you know that INA has a collection of written archives? And that it can be used to recolor our video archives? Our teams reveal their know-how!

  5/ Lumni Enseignement and data.ina.fr: decode the news differently

  Saturday: immerse yourself in Lumni Enseignement, an offer designed for teachers and their students, through fun and educational workshops.

  Sunday: explore data.ina.fr, the site where AI sheds new light on current affairs and the profession of journalist, through two captivating workshops.

  6/ From reels... to data!

  Discover the evolution of broadcasting media over the decades and all the secrets of the data center, the robotized lair where our digitized archives are kept.

  7/ Live: Radio INA campus

  Radio as if you were there! In the temporary studio created by INA campus and hosted by Eric Lange, discover the diversity of audiovisual professions and listen to a variety of programs combining history, culture and technology.

  8/ Rediscover your favorite archive

  Explore the many facets of the documentalist's job at INA and delve into the most significant archives of the last 5 decades on the occasion of the Institute's 50th anniversary.

  9/ Slip into the shoes of a TV host!

  INA's largest set reveals its backstage areas: discover the magic of the green screen by slipping into the shoes of a TV host!

  10/ Go behind the scenes of music mixing

  Want to go behind the scenes of a recording studio? With INA campus, discover how music is mixed in the studio.

  11/ Photo exhibition: 50 years of training and technological evolution

  Discover INA, a laboratory of the future, with 50 years of technological developments, where each generation learns to master the tools that will contribute to the reinvention of tomorrow's media.

  12/ Finally, programs that won't remind you of any...

  Attend screenings and conferences dedicated to cult series such as Parker Lewis Never Loses or Once Upon a Time in Life, as well as unique documentaries such as Just Listen to Women, all available on our madelen streaming platform.

  13/ Different techniques for restoring television images

  Thanks to the use of artificial intelligence and innovative restoration techniques, discover how images degraded by time are corrected and restored by our teams.

  14/ The boutique

  Discover our exclusive souvenirs and leave with a piece of INA.