28July2026
Un été aux Archives
Archives Municipales 6 rue Saluces 84000 Avignon
Take advantage of the holidays to discover the archives as a family! The workshops and visits offered are free and are aimed at children, teenagers and their parents, grandparents or accompanying adults.
You’ll find here:
FAMILY WORKSHOP VISIT
“GOING ON HOLIDAY… THROUGH THE ARCHIVES”
Tuesday, July 28 at 10:30 p.m.
Summer is here. How about we go on holiday through the archives?
Posters, postcards, photographs, travel albums… Some documents tell us about holidays and make us travel to the mountains, the sea, the countryside or even abroad just by looking at them.
To conclude this journey, participants will be invited to design a travel diary in leporello (accordion booklet).
>> Suitable for ages 7 and up, accompanied by an adult. Teenagers welcome!
FAMILY WORKSHOP
"TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS (ALMOST) LIKE IN THE 19TH CENTURY"
Monday, August 24th at 10am
Adults, children, teens: discover with friends or family photographic techniques and media of the 19th century and more particularly the camera obscura and the pinhole camera.
Participants will learn how to load their camera, frame their photographs, calculate exposure time, and develop their negative in the heart of a conservation store at the Municipal Archives.
>> Suitable for ages 7 and up, accompanied by an adult. Teenagers welcome!
FAMILY WORKSHOP VISIT
"Funny Animals in the Archives"
Tuesday, August 25 at 10:30 p.m.
A fun and engaging exploration of archival documents.
Griffins, lions, dragons, tarasques… What are these legendary animals doing in the middle of these papers?
Participants will then be able to invent their archive monster, in the form of a letter cap or a drawing.
>> Suitable for children aged 6 and over, accompanied by an adult.
Registration opens on July 1st: please email archives.municipales@mairie-avignon.com with the names, surnames, ages of the children/teenagers and a telephone number
Free.
Themes
- Special family with children