Archéa, the Musée d'Archéologie en Pays de France, welcomes families and archaeology enthusiasts to Nuit des Musées on Saturday, May 18, 2024. All evening long, visitors can discover thehistory of the Pays de France region, from prehistory to the 19th century, through the presentation of the results of excavations carried out during the construction of Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport.
The museum, located in Louvres in the Val-d'Oise region, opened in 2010, and was conceived as a heritage conservation facility, like the Musée archéologique du Val-d'Oise. In addition to a permanent exhibition, the museum also hosts temporary exhibitions, a documentation center, mediation activities and publications based on the results of archaeological research carried out in the region by local associations over the past 40 years.
In all, over 50,000 archaeological objects are kept in the reserves, some of which are on display to visitors. The museum is built around the ARCHEA scientific project, which focuses on archaeology and the region, and also highlights several of the establishment's other attractions, such as the Château d'Orville archaeological site and the ceramic and millstone heritage of the Ysieux valley. All of which is sure to arouse the interest of archaeology enthusiasts, and provide a new perspective on the discipline during the Nuit des Musées (Night of the Museums).
Contemporary art and archaeology are two disciplines that seem far apart at first glance. Yet artists find in this human science, and the remains it unearths, many themes to explore and question. In this exhibition, the Musée Intercommunal team has created bridges between the museum's collections and the work of 16 contemporary artists - or artist duos: paintings, sculptures, installations and photographs. By bringing together the traces of the past and the art of the living, this contemporary re-reading offers a new perspective on the collections.
On the evening of European Museum Night, the little ones won't be forgotten, with a treasure hunt to find the details of objects and works of art in the permanent exhibition and the "ARTchéologie, des vestiges et des œuvres" exhibition.
A mini-investigation for parents aged 4 and over.
For European Museum Night, the scenography company"Les Plastiqueurs" imagines luminous amphoras. For an evening at the Archea Museum, "totem chalices" and "amphora chandeliers" are erected like sentinels watching over a world swallowed up by time. The curved shapes of the amphoras evoke the elegant, voluptuous lines of ancient objects, while their glowing red glow warms the atmosphere and illuminates the exhibition rooms. Alongside them, luminous totems light the way for visitors and relic seekers. Their mysterious shapes and lacy skins spark the imagination, inviting visitors to plunge into the depths of history. The scenography resonates like an echo through the ages, reminding us that behind every object discovered lies a story to be discovered.
Come and make a collective sculpture! You can meet the company's artists at a sculpture workshop open to visitors. Parents and children (aged 7 and over) can create amphoras and volumes using glue, cardboard and cutting tools. The pieces created during the workshop can be stacked one on top of the other to create small totems that will remain in the museum space. The number of volumes will give shape to a collective ephemeral installation that will echo the scenographic installation presented that night on the façade and in the museum lobby.
Tours to (re)discover the history of the Pays de France through nearly 800 archaeological objects. Guided tours open to the whole family, accompanied by an ARCHÉA mediator. Booklets and games are available for children.
To mark the museum's 10th anniversary, ARCHÉA has created a life-size escape game set in the Saint-Rieul Tower.
But what's going on in the Saint-Rieul Tower? While the museum team is in the middle of setting up an exhibition, unexplained phenomena are getting in the way. Taking place in the Tour Saint-Rieul, the site of the discovery of prestigious Merovingian tombs, players are invited to discover the space and unravel its secrets, as well as learn more about the museum, its history and its collections.
Working in teams, in a closed space and within a limited time, participants must solve a riddle. To do this, they search, manipulate, think and, above all, cooperate!
Happy Nuit des Musées at Musée Archéa!
Dates and Opening Time
On May 18th, 2024
Location
Archéa Museum
56 Rue de Paris
95380 Louvres
Prices
Free
Recommended age
For all
Official website
archea.roissypaysdefrance.fr
More information
Free admission subject to availability
