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"Rendez-vous aux jardins" opens this year on the theme of garden music. From 2 to 4 June, the 200 participating parks and gardens in the Ile de France region will discover themselves and offer the public the opportunity to be charmed by...

As part of the economic recovery plan "France 2030", a total of 350 million euros in grants are allocated to the winners of the call for projects "La Grande Fabrique de l'Image". In Île-de-France, 26 projects were selected.

The DRAC Île-de-France, the Conseil régional Île-de-France and the Comité régional du tourisme Paris Île-de-France are organizing a series of thematic workshops as part of the triennial agreement signed between the DRAC and the CRT...

Since its creation in 2005, the European Night of Museums has become an essential annual event for Franciliens and Franciliens with their museum heritage. On May 13, for this 19th edition, from nightfall until midnight, night owls will...

The Ministry of Culture launches every year, in the direction of territorial museums, associations or foundations benefiting from the designation "Museum of France", a call for projects in order to obtain the label exhibition of national...

50 burial graves (2nd century CE) belonging to the great Gallo-Roman necropolis south of Lutetia, known as the "necropolis of Saint James", were uncovered as part of work on the Port Royal station of the RER B. This preventive archaeological...

The Minister of Culture, Mrs.Rima Abdul Malak, announced on April 11, 2023 an initial assessment of the «Cathedral Security» plan under the France recovery plan. Initiated in 2019, this plan aims to increase the level of the 87 cathedrals...

On April 15, 2019, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris was the victim of a spectacular fire still imbued in our memories. The DRAC Île-de-France, which was assigned to the monument at the time of the tragedy, organized the security works and...

From April 8 to December 31, 2023, the Great War Museum in Meaux offers a temporary exhibition "Nurses – Silent Heroines of the Great War". Labelled with the National Interest (EIN), this exhibition shows the participation and strong...

For 2023, the Gallo-Roman site of Châteaubleau was selected, as an emblematic site for the Île-de-France, by the Mission for the Safeguarding of Endangered Heritage. Its restoration will benefit from funds raised as part of the heritage...

In spring 2023, Hangar Y, located in the Meudon national forest, offers a new living space dedicated to artistic events. The oldest preserved airship shed in the world, listed as a historic monument, hosts a public programming on the themes...

On March 24, Banlieues Bleues will play its 40th edition. From Nina Simone to Emicida, a look back on 39 years of existence. The Festival emblematic of Seine-Saint-Denis offers, until April 21, an eclectic and creative jazz program, with...

More than 500 days separate us from the Paris Games. For the past two years, the DRAC Île-de-France has been mobilizing within the framework of the Cultural Olympiad to make these Olympic and Paralympic Games a true celebration of sport...

On the occasion of March 8, International Women’s Rights Day, the DRAC gathered in a document the main actions it carries out internally and in the policies it implements on the territory of Ile-de-France, to reduce inequalities between...

"A place for linguistic diversity", a no-brainer for Vanessa Mestre, director of the Choisy theatre. "The promotion of culture through languages combined with artistic creation highlight the diversity of the populations that make up the...

In view of the general increase in energy costs, the State has introduced a number of cross-cutting aids (tariff shield, guaranteed prices, electricity shock absorber) which can also benefit the cultural sector. In addition to these measures,...

2022 ended with the signing of 30 protection orders: 17 inscriptions for historic monuments, 9 classifications for historic monuments, 2 rankings for movable historical ensembles and 2 rankings for movable ensembles encumbered by a maintenance...

As part of its policy of support for live entertainment, the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs of Ile-de France gives priority to strengthening the artistic presence in the territories and within the structures of the various creation...

Author, singer, actor, director, Abdel SEFSAF is a multi-faceted artist and human smuggler, who was appointed director of the Sartrouville Theatre, a national drama centre, on January 1, 2023. The DRAC Île-de-France went to meet him to...

The stained glass windows of the ambulatory of the Basilica Saint-Denis Cathedral, dating from the middle of the 12th century, are a real milestone in the history of the stained glass window and their value is, as such, exceptional. Very...

The 2023 Reading Nights will be thrilling from January 19 to 22, 2023. Among the 1000 events organized in Île-de-France, organized around the theme of fear, four exceptional evenings will offer to large and small readers to cultivate the...

The years 2021 and 2022 gave rise to the five-year review of the Remarkable Gardens labeled in 2005 on the Ile-de-France territory. 4 renewals in 2021 and 9 renewals in 2022. During the same period, two exceptional gardens - the greenhouses...

A day of studies dedicated to the architectural work of Le Corbusier, inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, was organized by the DRAC Île de France on 9 December at the Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA). Focus on the...

On 2 and 3 December, Les Journées archéologiques d'Île-de-France 2022 welcomes professionals and the general public to the auditorium of the Musée d'archéologie nationale in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. For this new edition, organized by...

The Rencontres franciliennes Culture et Tourisme, organized by the Ministry of Culture – Direction régionale des affaires culturelles (DRAC) of Île-de-France, the Île-de-France Region and the Comité Régional du Tourisme (CRT) Paris...

The festival "Les Femmes S'en Mêlent", takes its autumn quarters in Paris and in five Paris municipalities from November 14 to 26. The 24th edition, supported by the DRAC Île-de-France, presents, under the ALLIANCE Diversité et Égalité...

This autumn several directions of places of creation and dissemination labeled by the Ministry of Culture have been renewed in Île-de-France: Marion Fouilland-Bousquet has been appointed to the Ferme du Buisson, national stage of Marne-la-Vallée,...

Entries for the 2023 Recruitment of State Architects and Planners (AUE) competition are open until December 13, 2022. On this occasion, two information meetings were organized in the chapel of the Récollets in Paris, on 28 and 30 September,...

As part of the Cultural Olympiad, on October 18, Marie-José Pérec, three-time Olympic champion, was the guest of honour at a sports and literature evening at the PUC Social Club, with the support of the DRAC Île-de-France. A round table...

From 14 to 16 October, the DRAC Île-de-France invites visitors to discover architecture and its professions through numerous initiatives throughout the Ile-de-France region. Under the theme «Architectures à habiter», this 7th edition...