On Saturday, May 18, 2024, the Musée Départemental Albert-Kahn will be taking part in the new edition of the Nuit des Musées (Night of Museums ), with a special program for the evening! It's an opportunity to discover this unique site by night, and spend an evening in a museum garden. If the name doesn't ring a bell, this banker and philanthropist created a company, Archives de la Planète, and employed dozens of photographers from 1900 to 1931 to immortalize the jewels of the world. They produced more than 72,000 magnificent color photos, known as autochromes, and some 100 hours of video on 35 mm nitrate film.
Why are we telling you all this? Because this collection is housed in Boulogne-Billancourt, in the banker's former residence built by landscape architect Achille Duchêne! Here, the businessman thought big and commissioned the creation of 6 magnificent gardens representing the art of gardening. Covering more than 4 hectares, they include a French garden, a Japanese garden with its tea pavilion, an English garden, a Vosges forest, a blue forest with its central marsh and a golden forest with its birch trees.
Musée départemental Albert-Kahn: the travel and photography collection
Head to the Albert-Kahn Museum to discover its newly renovated spaces. An opportunity to discover the new setting in which the philanthropist's collections are exhibited. [Read more]
Le programme est mis à jour en fonction des annonces officielles.
Dates and Opening Time
On May 18th, 2024
Location
Albert-Kahn Museum
2 rue du port
92100 Boulogne Billancourt
Prices
Free
Official website
albert-kahn.hauts-de-seine.fr
Musée départemental Albert-Kahn: the travel and photography collection
