Due to the extremely high temperatures starting Sunday, 21 June, we encourage you to adjust the pace of your visit and protect yourself from the heat. Take your time, wear light clothing, and stay hydrated! All the information you need can be found at https://www.info.gouv.fr/risques/canicule-et-vagues-de-chaleur 
 
Please note that reservations are required to enter the museum. This allows us to provide you with a better visitor experience. Some galleries may be closed during the heat wave to protect the artworks. 

Thank you for your understanding.

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From afar. Travelling Materials and Objects

Through materials and objects, this exhibition describes exchanges between distant worlds – exchanges often far more ancient than the explorations of the 16th century. From deepest antiquity, carnelian, lapis lazuli, ebony and ivory circulated along trade routes...

The Advent of the Artist

For its 5th edition, the Petite Galerie takes a closer look at the transition from the typically anonymous craftsman of the classical period to the artist of the Renaissance, featuring works by Delacroix, Rembrandt, Tintoret and more.

Power plays

This third Petite Galerie exhibition focused on the connection between art and political power, from antiquity to the present day.

The Body in Movement

In its second season, the Petite Galerie explored one of the performing arts: dance. How did artists use different materials and techniques to represent movement?

Founding Myths: From Hercules to Darth Vader

The very first Petite Galerie exhibition looked into how illustrators, sculptors, painters, puppeteers, filmmakers, and musicians around the world have drawn inspiration from myths, given them form, and brought them to life.

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