Nuit Européenne des Musées à Avignon – 22e édition

This national event is organised by the Ministry of Culture.

Each year, the European Night of Museums is an opportunity to enjoy unique activities.

The next edition will take place on Saturday, May 23, 2026.

Let's meet at nightfall in all the city's museums, through a rich and original program, with free access.

You’ll find here:
Petit Palais Museum – Louvre in Avignon
From 19am
"Children's words"
The class, the work! at the Petit Palais Museum
For the European Night of Museums, Mrs. Pons's third-grade class at Joseph Lhermitte School in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon invites you to discover the "Children's Words" project. The students visited the Petit Palais – Louvre Museum in Avignon five times to explore our collection of Italian primitives, and they worked in class on writing short exhibition labels. The aim of this project is to allow them to experience art in a new way, developing their sensitivity, observation skills, and written expression. Prepare to be surprised and explore the Petit Palais – Louvre Museum in Avignon from a child's perspective…
Free

POMMER BATHS MUSEUM
Au fil de votre visite, accordez-vous une pause conviviale : laisser libre cours à votre créativité et partager un moment d’échanges avant de repartir avec vos « souvenirs des bains ». Une médiatrice culturelle sera présente pour vous accompagner de 18h à 21h30 autour d’un atelier de création pour s’initier à l’art postal – l’art d’envoyer des courriers décorés – et d’un atelier de coloriage « spécial bains Pommer » à partager.
Free and open access. Subject to availability.
For all.

CALVET MUSEUM
At 19 p.m., 19:30 p.m., 20 p.m., 20:30 p.m. and 21 p.m.
Quick family visit
A Journey Through Colors in Ancient Egypt
Papyrus, figurines, wooden sarcophagus: so many mediums for a rich palette of colours! This short visit invites you to discover their use and meaning in ancient Egypt.
Free
Ages 6 and up
No reservation required. Subject to availability.

Lapidary Museum
At 19pm, 19:45pm, 20:30pm and 21:15pm
Family workshop visit
The Protomagia or Spring Festival at the Lapidary Museum
Thanks to the museum's collections, you will discover this Greek festival celebrating rebirth. You will be immersed in a world where symbols and nature were closely intertwined and where deities, such as Demeter and the nymphs, played a key role. For this celebration of spring, you can create your own flower crowns.
Free
For children aged 6-12 accompanied by an adult
No reservation required. Subject to availability.

ROURE PALACE
At 19pm, 19:45pm, 20:30pm and 21:15pm
Lit only by the soft light of lanterns, let yourself be guided to the heart of the Roure palace for a unique and unusual visit to the second floor, which will be exceptionally open to you.
Free
Ages 6 and up
Reservations required: reservation.palaisduroure@mairie-avignon.com / +33 4 13 60 50 01

REQUIEN MUSEUM
Get out of the mutants in time!
For Museum Night, you are invited to the Requien Museum for a unique scientific escape game dedicated to the oddities of zoology.
Throughout the game, you closely observe specimens with malformations, whose anatomical details – forked-tailed lizard, roe deer with multiple antlers, color anomalies, etc. – become the keys to your puzzles.
By carefully examining these organisms, you explore their origins: genetic mutations, developmental disruptions, or environmental factors.
Your observation skills and logic will guide you through clues inspired by genetics and embryology within the allotted time!
2 sessions:
For 14-17 year olds: from 19:30pm to 20:30pm
For 18-25 year olds from 21pm to 22pm
Free
Reservations required: reservation.requien@mairie-avignon.com / 04.13.60.51.20

LAMBERT COLLECTION
– From 18 p.m. to 21 p.m.: Exhibition opening
Kim Gordon – Stories for a body
Shilpa Gupta, Geumhyung Jeong, Jumana Manna – The Whisper of the Free
Summer Antechamber: Melika Sadeghzadeh

– Holding on to oneself
Intergenerational performance
For Museum Night, the Lambert Collection is hosting a collective, intergenerational performance exploring the theme of care. The result of several workshops led by artists Charlie Aubry and Maroussia Rebecq, this project brings together students from the Inspire micro-school and residents of the Maison Paisible. Together, they explored the act of dressing as a moment of dignity, attention, and appreciation of the body: a way to care for oneself and others, to celebrate individuality, and to transform the time spent getting dressed into a ritual of transmission.

ANGLADON MUSEUM
19pm to 21pm
An exhibition display exercise led by Alexandra Siffredi, the Museum's mediator, with the children from the Workshop, highlights the works of the Museum's founders, Jean Angladon (1906-1979) and his wife Paulette Martin (1905-1988), who were students of the Avignon School of Art, artists and collectors.
Single price: €3.- / Free for under 25s

THE SALT GRANARY
Until 23 p.m.
* Escape Game "The Price of Salt"
You have been wrongly accused of stealing salt and imprisoned. Will you be able to escape and prove your innocence?
At 14:30 p.m., 15:30 p.m. and 17:30 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes
Minimum age: 12 years
3 € per person
Reservation strongly recommended

* Guided tours of the exhibition "Unreasonable Reasoning"
Through visual and sound installations, Julien Prévieux explores the question of language as a structure of power, particularly in the age of artificial intelligence.
At 16:30 p.m. and 19 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes
Free, without reservation

* "Chess Battle" at the heart of the exhibition spaces
Will you dare to challenge an artificial intelligence to a game of chess? An animation offered in echo of the work "Des reliquats d'attention", by Julien Prévieux.
From 18:30 am to 20:30 pm
Free, without reservation

LOUIS VOULAND MUSEUM
19pm to 23pm
* Heritage Ambassadors
From 19pm to 21pm "The class, the artwork!"
For everyone
Tonight, the Year 5 students from Saint-Michel middle school are acting as ambassadors of culture and heritage at the Vouland Museum. In groups of 2, 3 or 4, they welcome young and old alike, and present the Chinese room, the boudoir, wardrobes, sculptures, paintings, Louis Vouland and the garden.
Discover the museum, the “It looks like the South” exhibition and the garden, with family or friends, with Ilian, Anu, Joe, Lila, Faustine, Marta, Andrea, Daren, Pola, Hanaé, Léa, Léa, Théo, Ara, Baptiste, Gabriel, Agathe, Selma, Naïa, Summer, Valentine, Louna, Ritage, Fares, laida, Iyad, Maëlys, Tom, Eugénie, Elliott, Evalyne, Giosue, Darren.

* at 21pm: flash tour (approximately 15 minutes)
Lina Lajoinie, volunteer mediator in civic service
In the 18th century, exotic hot drinks were popular with high society. We will examine cups, jugs, and other porcelain and silver objects that reflect this new taste (without offering any tastings!).

* Preventive conservation?
At 21:15 PM, a quick tour (approximately 15 minutes)
Thomas Rumeau, trainee mediator
Discreet yet essential, preventive conservation silently watches over museum artworks. Controlled light and humidity, careful handling: everything is designed to slow the effects of time.

* A taste for China
At 21:30 PM, a quick tour (approximately 15 minutes)
Lina Lajoinie, volunteer mediator in civic service
An astonishing collection of objects from Asia is on display at the museum! Visitors discover porcelain, vases adorned with phoenix or dragon motifs, and delicate floral sculptures brought from China via the maritime routes of the East India Companies, before marveling at the furnishings of the Chinese Room. This visit explores the themes of trade and cultural exchange with the Far West, while also highlighting the unique materials and techniques used.

* Museum professions
At 21:45 PM, a quick tour (approximately 15 minutes)
Thomas Rumeau, trainee mediator
What are the jobs in museums? Who works to preserve, study, welcome, and bring heritage to life for the public? A way to go behind the scenes at the museum…

* In the boudoir…
At 22pm, a quick tour (approximately 15 minutes)
Odile Guichard, director
Starting from the reduced model of the boudoir made by Anna Berdnikova in 2025, we will focus on the modello of the monument to Bayard by Joseph Chinard from the end of the 18th century.

Participation is free and based on solidarity.