La Nuit européenne des musées 2024 dans les musées dijonnais

Museum of Fine Arts

Focus on works
Under the eye of the curators. A focus on some of the works in the collections in the company of the curators of the Musée des Beaux-Arts.

Restoration of a work: Grégoire Guérard, Sainte Catherine

This painting by Grégoire Guérard, purchased in November 2020, underwent a major restoration before its presentation in the gallery. Let's discover together the secrets of this work, revealed by this restoration. With Sandrine Champion, head curator of the 16th-18th century collections

At 8.45pm & 9.30pm - Room 19

Restoration of a work: André-Charles Boulle, Day and Night clock

Rediscovered when the collections were moved, this extremely rare clock is attributed to the famous cabinetmaker to Louis XIV, André-Charles Boulle (1642-1732). It has been extensively restored to its former glory. This flash tour will give you a better understanding of the challenges involved in restoring this exceptional early 18th-century objet d'art. With Sandrine Champion, head curator of the 16th-18th century collections

At 10.15pm & 10.45pm - Room 22

Prints and ivory cabinet from Vizagapatam (India): a new exhibition with an exotic theme

This is an opportunity to share in the recent rediscovery of a precious cabinet made entirely of ivory: it comes from the workshops of the town of Vizagapatam, on the east coast of India, and is the product of exchanges between Asia and Europe, which was won over by the exoticism of the 18th century. With Myriam Fevre, head of the graphic arts collections

At 8.30pm, 9.15pm & 10.00pm - Room 23

Is 19th-century art medieval?

In the 19th century, led by the Romantic movement, artists turned away from Antiquity to focus on their more recent national history. The Middle Ages in particular brought its share of fantasies linked to legends, knights and great historical figures. With Naïs Lefrancois, curator in charge of the 19th-century collections

At 10.00pm & 10.45pm - Room 31

Venus or the bookseller's daughter: the underside of Félix Trutat's Bacchante

Félix Trutat was 24 when he sent this painting of a female nude to Dijon town hall to thank them for the art grant he had been awarded to finance his studies at the Beaux-Arts. The painting was refused and sent back to the artist on the spot. Come and discover the eventful history of this painting in French public collections. With Naïs Lefrancois, curator in charge of the 19th century collections

8.30pm & 9.15pm - Room 32

Flash visits

The return of weapons!

We take a look at some of the weapons that have returned to our collections. Fiercely effective, they are nonetheless objets d'art, the work of talented craftsmen.

At 8.30pm & 9.15pm - Room 4

A newcomer among the mourners!

Since January, the sculpture of an altar boy has been part of the museum's permanent collections. Discover this new acquisition, attributed to one of the sculptors of the tomb of John the Fearless.

At 9.30pm & 10pm - Room 6

What a strange hoe

The wig was a veritable fashion accessory in the 17th and 18th centuries. Let's take a look at its evolution and uses.

At 8.45pm & 11.15pm - Room 22

The Cabinet of Vizagapatam

This cabinet from Vizagapatam (a port on the east coast of India) is a rare find in French collections, and has not been on public display since the late 1930s. It has now been added to the permanent collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts, following a remarkable restoration and a new attribution to this late 18th-early 19th-century Indian production. Presented alongside a display case of graphic art, this collection evokes chinoiserie and the exoticism movement.

At 10.45pm & 11.15pm - Room 23

Jeanne, can you hear me?

In the works of the 19th century, Joan of Arc was a subject taken up by artists. Who would have thought that the knight scorned in the Middle Ages would become a heroine four centuries after being burnt?

At 10.30pm & 11.15pm - Room 33

Night of the Saviours

Young or old, we all need to believe in heroes! Tonight, we pay tribute to them through some daring figures from the medieval past...

At 10.15pm & 11.00pm - Temporary exhibition (Meet on the exhibition landing, 3rd floor)

Fun activities
Fun activities for young and old to discover the museum's collections in two different rooms.

Continuous - Room 26

Practical art workshop
When the sky was golden Immerse yourself in the pictorial world of the Middle Ages, when the sky was often represented by gold. Work together on a fresco, which will be exhibited after Museum Night in the exhibition's mediation room.

Continuously - stretcher work

The class, the work!
Altarpieces of Friendship Discover the work of 4th year pupils from Boris Vian secondary school in Talant, as part of the Arts and Culture Education programme, La classe, l'œuvre! in connection with the temporary exhibition Maîtres et merveilles. This 6-session project enabled the pupils to discover the Swiss and German medieval paintings in the permanent collections. Discussions with museum professionals then gave them an insight into the jobs involved in designing and producing a temporary exhibition. At the end of these sessions, the pupils worked in art workshops on the representation of notions of identity, personality and friendship, borrowing techniques or elements from medieval iconography such as brocade, gilding and the presence of specific attributes.

8-9.30pm - 3rd floor landing, temporary exhibition side


Musée Rude
Flash visits
Eternal rest Let's take a look at the funerary sculptures by Dijon sculptor François Rude.

9.30pm - Exhibition area

Fun activities
Fun activities for young and old to discover the museum's collections.

Continuous - Exhibition area


Archaeological Museum

Flash visits
Sculpting faith: The Gallo-Romans

Discover how the Gallo-Romans represented the gods on the top floor of the archaeological museum.

At 9.15pm & 10.15pm - Sources seines

Enigmatic works: the Christ of Discord

The bust of Christ in the dormitory has long been referred to as the Christ at the top of the Well of Moses by Claus Sluter. For several years now, however, this theory has been called into question. Let's take a look at the various arguments involved in this debate.

10.30pm - Benedictine Dormitory (1st floor)

Sculpting faith: the Middle Ages Come and discover the works created in the dormitory during the Middle Ages, and find out how these men and women sculpted their faith.

At 11:00 pm - Dormoir des Bénédictins (1st floor)

Enigmatic works: the mask of Gellbellus

Found in Dijon more than 25 years ago, the Gellbellus Mask is unique in the Roman world. Discover the many enigmas posed by this mysterious work.

8.30pm & 9.15pm - Salle Martin (2nd floor)

Fun activities
Fun activities for young and old to discover the museum's collections. Continuous - Dormitory

Concert
Let yourself be followed! These two concerts will introduce you to a little-known instrumental discipline. Few instrumentalists could do without it: piano accompaniment is a real musical partner. Young students from the Conservatoire enrolled in this discipline will demonstrate in their performance the subtle balance between "following and being followed", the inseparable links between the soloist and his accompanist. With the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional

At 8.30pm and 9.30pm (Duration 45min) - Dortoir des Bénédictins (1st floor)
Practical art workshop
Medieval bestiary: drawing with ink and pen

Lion, eagle, horse, bird... inscribed in stone or taken from illuminations produced at Saint Bénigne Abbey: a source of inspiration for a pen and ink drawing.

Continuous - Children's workshop, 2nd floor

The class, the work
Medieval bestiary: emblems and illumination

Collège Montchapet, UPE2A (Unité Pédagogique pour Élèves Allophones nouvellement Arrivés) class, 5th to 3rd year. La classe, l'œuvre (The Classroom, the Work) was a way of extending the learning of French outside the school. Pupils visited the archaeological museum, where they learned about a site in the city of Dijon, the medieval period, a type of architecture and the art of book illumination. In the workshop, each pupil created an illuminated page combining calligraphy and ornate lettering on the theme of the totem animal. The whole piece was created using pen and ink. It was a rich project in which each pupil was able to express themselves by writing a text, handling a pen and experimenting with caroline script, and creating decorations inspired by medieval illuminations. During Museum Night, the pupils will be exhibiting their creations, a delicate work using pen and coloured inks.

From 8pm to 9.30pm: presentation of the project, demonstration of calligraphy and illumination by the students.

8-9.30pm - Salle Martin (2nd floor)


Museum of Burgundian Life
Flash visits
"Turning 20 in 1904

Discover the life of a 20-year-old in 1904.

At 8.30pm & 9pm - Galerie des âges de la vie (ground floor)

From apothecary to pharmacist

The second half of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th were rich in scientific discoveries. Let's take a look at the meteoric rise of medicine.

At 10.30pm & 11pm - In front of the pharmacy (1st floor)

Fun activities
Fun activities for young and old to discover the museum's collections.

Continuous - Break room

The class, the work
Butchery from yesterday to today, between tradition and modernity 10 young apprentice butchers aged 16 to 19, from the Ecole des Métiers in Dijon. This year, we had the pleasure of co-constructing the artistic and cultural education project La classe, l'œuvre ! with the CAP butchery students from the Dijon trade school. Accompanied by their French teacher, the students used the museum's collections to write a newspaper about the butcher's trade. They discovered reconstructed shops in Dijon dating from the late 19th century, and in particular the boucherie du Bourg, run by Victorine and Édouard Noirot between 1912 and 1981. It's a great opportunity to create a lively dialogue between past and present, tradition and modernity! By looking at the history of a local butcher's shop, the pupils understood that their trade was part of an older heritage, and that they had their own story to tell. They will be presenting it to the public during European Museum Night.

8-9.30pm - Patio des commerces, boucherie du Bourg, 1st floor

Concert
Ignatius

At the Bloc, we love nightlife, museums and music. So what do we do with all that? A concert. Once again this year, the cloister of the Musée de la Vie bourguignonne. On the evening of 18 May, it will be a purely acoustic session. Ignatius is a trio dreamt up by Maëlle Desbrosses (Orchestre Incandescent, Suzanne, les Démons Familiers). The violist and her companions Éleonore Billy (nickelharpa) and Armelle Doucet (accordion) arrive unannounced, their arms full of simple melodies, souvenir compositions and sudden improvisations fed by Fréquence Nostalgie. Crooners, rap, metal and Gaelic song intersect and respond to each other in this three-way introspection. Playful, chamber-like and free-spirited.

With LeBloc At 9.30pm (duration 50 min) - Under the cloister

Find out all about the cultural programme at the Cité Internationale Gastronomie et du Vin and 1204 here and here! An amazing programme awaits you!