In Essonne, a 98-hectare park houses a centre for contemporary art, a vast park labelled Jardin Remarquable, a château, and even an open-air cinema when the weather cooperates... This place is, of course, the domaine départemental de Chamarande, a favored spot for strolling and culture among the region’s residents.
With its many spaces dedicated to culture and the arts, the estate hosts a varied program year-round. No surprise, then, that the domaine de Chamarande is taking part in the new edition of the Night of Museums. This Saturday, May 23, 2026, the venue opens its doors for an exceptional after-hours event.
How is it that you don’t know the Nuit des Musées ? This major cultural event has, for more than 20 years, been transforming Paris and l'Île-de-France into a paradise for art lovers.
For one special evening in May, numerous museums, monuments, cultural centers and art foundations open their doors to the public. This nocturne is an opportunity to rediscover local artistic heritage while enjoying performances, concerts, workshops, encounters, exhibitions...
As you’ve guessed, there’s no way we’re missing this evening! What is the departmental domain of Chamarande planning for us on this occasion? Find out below, and gear up: some venues require a reservation, others push us to arrive early to beat the crowds!
As part of Museum Night, the departmental estate is extending its summer exhibition, dedicated to Lélia Demoisy, until 10 p.m. for one night only. Her work—sculpture and installation—delves into the liminal zones where living beings intersect. At Chamarande, she presents a suite of pieces centered on a single motif: the forest as a composite organism—a network of relationships, traces, and transformations, far from mere scenery.
The show, titled Forest Tales, offers an experience that hinges as much on material as on perception: forms in flux, fragments, volumes that shift our bearings and invite us to see the forest in a new light—an environment where invisible interactions unfold, balancing competition with cooperation, interdependence with transmission.
On the occasion of Museum Night, the FDAC will exceptionally open its reserves to the public. Led by the venue’s manager, the tour offers a glimpse behind the scenes of the collection and the roles that keep it thriving on a daily basis: technicians, stage managers and mediators. A rare immersion at the heart of the backstage.
Around a giant clothesline—that trusty old Tancarville—using a banal object like a white sheet, Le G. Bistaki unfurls a timeless, dreamlike, and wry fresco.
Wrapping bodies and the stage space, the sheet becomes the protagonist of a deliriously burlesque ballet, where the absurd and humor whirl everyday life.
A personal accessory and so universally common, the sheet here stands as the witness to our intimate rituals and our collective memory, in a visual journey that is funny and surprising.
Turned, struck, washed, neglected, laid out, folded, the sheet morphs with each manipulation into a fleshy envelope, a costume, a headdress, an accessory, an opera set; it becomes rhythm, breath, a tool for work or juggling… Between grace and disorder, Tancarville offers a twisted, sublime interlude, like a waking dream.
Hooked by this program?
Dates and Opening Time
On May 23, 2026
Location
Domaine de Chamarande
Château de Chamarande
91730 Chamarande
Prices
Free
Official website
nuitdesmusees.culture.gouv.fr
