Saturday 18 May 2024 is the date for the Nuit Européenne des Musées (European Museums Night)
Although a Europe-wide event, France plays a major role with more than 1300 Museums/ Galleries open to the public for the night (hours vary between 19h00 and midnight) including in previous years:
Musée des Beaux-arts in Beaune (21 Cote d’Or, BFC)
Musée du vin de Bourgogne (Burgundy Wine Museum)in Beaune (21 Cote d’Or, BFC)
Musée de Sens, Sens (89 Yonne, BFC) – where you can see that hat worn by Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo!
Vauban’s Citadelle in Besancon (25Doubs, BFC)
Maritime Museum in la Rochelle (17 Charente- Maritime, Nouvelle Aquitaine)
The Sapeurs Pompiers (Fire/Emergency) Museum in Lyon (69 Rhône. ARA)
Fine Arts Museum (Musee des Beaux Arts) in Limoges (Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle Aquitaine)
Modern Arts Museum in Strasbourg (67 Haut-Rhin, Grand Est)
Forges and mills (moulins) de Pinsôt near Chambery (38 Isère, ARA)
For more info http://nuitdesmusees.culture.fr/
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