Museum Night 2026: a dramatized reading at the Shoah Memorial in Paris, the evening’s programme

Every year, the Night of Museums invites us to rediscover our heritage through a beautiful program of exceptional nocturnes, free tours, and original activities. Paris and the entire Île-de-France region seize the moment to unveil its secrets. Don’t miss the next date scheduled for this Saturday, May 23, 2026.

Located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, the Shoah Memorial is a museum and place dedicated to the memory of the genocide of Jews during the Second World War. This museum ofhistory brings together numerous testimonies, archives, photographs, texts, videos and audio recordings, explaining the history of the Jews in France, the rise of Nazism and the crimes perpetrated during the war years.

An educational, child-friendly introduction to the subject, and some upsetting elements for adults: this museum is a place open to all. So why not find out what's in store for you on Museum Night?

• To be read
• Night of Museums 2026 in Paris: Highlights of the Evening Program at the Luxembourg Museum
• Night of Museums 2026 in Paris: The Schedule of Activities by Borough
• Night of Museums 2026: Enjoy Free Access to the Musée de l'Homme's Exhibitions in Paris

What’s on the lineup for Museums Night 2026 at the Paris Shoah Memorial

• "Night" by Edgar Hilsenrath. A staged reading by Bastien Bouillon
  Saturday, May 23, 2026 — 8:00 p.m. ⤏ 11:59 p.m.
  

  Translated from German by Jörg Stickan and Sacha Zilberfarb, Le Tripode, 2014.

  On the occasion of the centenary of Edgar Hilsenrath’s birth.

  "Nuit" serves as the gateway to Edgar Hilsenrath’s body of work (1926-2018), drawing on his own history and the Ukrainian ghetto where he spent four years, between 1941 and 1945. Written in a mechanical, pared‑down, hallucinatory, almost cinematic style, the novel follows Ranek as he struggles to survive day after day in the Prokov ghetto. The characters are pared down to shadows... as if they have lost both soul and body. Yet, within this perpetual fog, glimmers of life surface: hunger, cold, hurried lovemaking or a birth taking place in the middle of the ghetto, proving that humanity endures. Banned in Germany for twenty years, Nuit is today regarded as the masterpiece of the German Jewish writer.

  Accompanied by Louise Bouillon Holt, musician and actress, Azeddine Benamara, musician, and Tristan Chevalier, musician.

  
  
  

So, shall we meet at the Shoah Memorial for the 22nd Night of Museums, friends?