La Nuit des Musées is the perfect way to take advantage of the often free visits and events that await you in cultural venues all over the Île-de-France region. This year, the cultural event takes place on Saturday, May 18, 2024, and opens the doors of museums, châteaux, monuments and institutions to a fascinating program of nocturnes. In Seine-et-Marne, the curious can travel back in time to discover the Paris region in prehistoric times.
The Musée départemental de la Préhistoire d'Ile de France is a great attraction for enthusiasts and budding archaeologists alike. Located in Nemours, not far from the Stampian sandstone massifs that have been home to people since prehistoric times, it reveals archaeological discoveries made in Ile-de-France since the 19th century, the very first of which, by Edmond Doigneau, took place in the Beauregards massif (Nemours).
No fewer than 2,500 of the two million objects in the collection are on display, in a thematic presentation covering periods from the Early Palaeolithic to the Second IronAge! A Bronze Age earthenware jar found at Grisy-sur-Seine, schist bracelets dating from the Neolithic found at Échilleuses, an engraved Menhir from Maisse and even a mammoth molar recovered near Châtenay-sur-Seine... If you're interested in this goldmine, you'll be delighted with a visit to the museum.
Who's still afraid of the dark? For European Museum Night, the Musée de Préhistoire d'Île-de-France in Nemours welcomes the Babeltour illuminated brass band for three performances.
Creating a poetic bubble in the museum and park, the illuminated musicians take visitors on a gentle, warm (I'm not sure about gentle.) interlude.
The lights, combined with energetic, danceable music, transport the audience into a spectacular world. The brass band invites the audience to party and dance.
Night is no longer ominous. It's synonymous with glitter in the eyes of children... and adults!
The thruster, from reindeer hunters to kangaroo hunters
Exhibition from 04/05/2024 to 30/12/2024
The thruster is a weapon that has been used for thousands of years for hunting, fishing and warfare.
This weapon is made up of a stick with a support on or in which a projectile is inserted: the assegai.
The exhibition will take you from the world of prehistoric hunters in Europe, where the thruster first appeared some 24,000 years ago, to the deserts inhabited by the Aborigines of Australia, via New Guinea and the icy expanses of the Arctic, not forgetting the forests of Amazonia and the plains of North America. The thruster bears witness to the ingenuity of human beings and their ability to adapt to highly diverse and sometimes extreme environments.
The exhibition features the finest prehistoric artefacts and ethnographic objects from all over the world.
Exhibition produced in collaboration with the Musée du Malgré-Tout, Treignes, Belgium.
Dates and Opening Time
On May 18th, 2024
Location
Ile de France Prehistory Museum
48 Avenue Etienne Dailly
77140 Nemours
Prices
Free
Official website
www.musee-prehistoire-idf.fr
