Nuit des Musées 2025 in Paris: improv theater by night at Espace Monte-Cristo

TheEspace Monte-Cristo is located in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, not far from the Père-Lachaise cemetery. Dedicated tocontemporary art, especially sculpture, it regularly hosts exhibitions, special tours and creative workshops. But that's not all. The Espace Monte-Cristo also takes part in the capital's major cultural events, such as the Nuit des Musées.

La Nuit des Musées is an annual event designed to showcase museums (no surprises here), their collections and the knowledge they contain. For one evening, art and cultural venues open their doors to the general public to showcase their treasures, with tours, events, concerts, games... It's a chance to discover little-known museums, or to learn more about places you thought you knew by heart?

So, how well do you know theEspace Monte-Cristo and its collections? To find out, take part in the special tour organized on May 17, 2025, for the 21st Nuit des Musées. Here's the detailed program for the evening at Espace Monte-Cristo.

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On the program for this Nuit des Musées 2025 at Espace Monte-Cristo:

• La vie cachée des œuvres: when improvisational theater comes to life!
  Every half-hour from 7pm, join two improvising actors for a guided tour of the rooms. Discovering the hidden life of the works of art, this guided tour combining improv theater will be full of surprises and unsuspected stories! Are you ready to dive into the thousand and one lives of the works in the exhibition?
  Saturday, May 17, 7pm-11pm
  Free, booking recommended, open to all
  With actors from Les Affabulateurs.
  Depending on attendance, a queue may form at the entrance.

An original evening for lovers of contemporary art!