On Saturday, May 13, 2023, from dusk until 1:00 a.m., nearly 3,400 museums in Europe, including 1,300 in France, have proposed a special program to discover or rediscover their rich collections through guided tours, fun itineraries, workshops, screenings, live performances and exceptional animations.
Several thousand visitors participated in this event, once again confirming the success of this great cultural event that offers everyone the chance to live a free experience of the museum.
This year, as part of the “Class, Work!” , 10,896 students (from 338 schools) presented their work around a work or object preserved in the collections of museums participating in the operation. Conducted in partnership with the Ministry of National Education and Youth, this scheme has enabled students from 494 participating classes to become, the time of a night, cultural mediators and share the artistic and cultural work conducted throughout the year with their teachers.
The Ministry of Culture is already giving you an appointment on 18 May 2024 for the next and twentieth edition of the European Night of Museums!
Some figures for the 2023 edition, in all regions of France and also in Europe:
In Paris and Île-de-France:
Louvre Museum: 8,600 visitors
Cluny National Museum of the Middle Ages: 2,457 visitors
Musée d'Orsay: 6,579 visitors
UNESCO: 4,000 visitors
The Orangerie National Museum: 3,004 visitors
The Picasso-Paris National Museum: 2,212 visitors
Quai Branly Jacques Chirac Museum: 6,000 visitors
The departmental museum of Prehistory of Île-de-France: 446 visitors
The Museum of Romantic Life: 650 visitors
The Gustave Moreau Museum: 289 visitors
The Museum of Art and History of Judaism: 473 visitors
Rodin Museum in Paris: 2,858 visitors
La Monnaie de Paris: 4,350 visitors
Conciergerie de Paris: 2,810 visitors
Paris Police Prefecture Museum: 881 visitors
The Museum of Arts and Crafts: 2,772 visitors
Army Museum – Invalides: 9,892 visitors
The Plans-Reliefs Museum: 1,002 visitors
The Musée de la Musique – Philharmonie de Paris: 784 visitors
Victor Hugo’s house in Paris: 2,547 visitors
The Cognacq-Jay Museum in Paris: 577 visitors
Air and Space Museum: 1,057 visitors
Europa Experience in Paris: 340 visitors
The Museum of Man: 2,043 visitors
National Archives Museum: 2,200 visitors
The Musée des Années 30 in Boulogne-Billancourt: 529 visitors
Palace of Versailles: 5,077 visitors
MAC VAL: 815 visitors
The Great War Museum in Meaux: 650 visitors
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines City Museum: 1,200 visitors
The Museum of Urban and Social History of Suresnes: 499 visitors
The Grand Palais Immersif in Paris: 1,486 visitors
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in Paris: 2000 visitors
The Galliera Palace, Paris Fashion Museum: 1,500 visitors
Meudon Museum of Art and History: 580 visitors
In the regions:
Musée des Beaux-Arts - Musée des arts du fer - Musée de la Céramique de Rouen: 2,500 visitors
The Nancy Aquarium Museum: 1,353 visitors
The Printing & Graphic Communication Museum in Lyon: 1,066 visitors
Brest Museum of Fine Arts: 1,384 visitors
Museum of Brittany in Rennes: 4,200 visitors
The museums of Honfleur: 791 visitors
The Roger-Quilliot Art Museum in Clermont-Ferrand: 1,052 visitors
Tours Museum of Fine Arts: 1,771 visitors
The Royal Castle of Blois: 438 visitors
The 5th Place in Strasbourg: 689 visitors
Colmar Museum of Natural History and Ethnography: 1,075 visitors
The Electropolis Museum in Mulhouse: 1,713 visitors
Explor Wendel Park – Miners Museum in Lorraine: 562 visitors
The Toy Museum of Colmar: 1,590 visitors
Théodore Deck & Florival Museum: 502 visitors
Château de Compiègne National Museum: 3,778 visitors
Capc Musée d'art contemporain de la Ville de Bordeaux: 4,755 visitors
The National Customs Museum in Bordeaux: 753 visitors
Limoges Museum of Fine Arts: 683 visitors
The Perigord Museum of Art and Archaeology in Périgueux: 1,370 visitors
The National Museum and Pau Castle Estate: 520 visitors
Le quai des savoirs, Toulouse: 6,452 visitors
Toulouse Museum: 7,111 visitors
The Museum of Fine Arts in Agen: 504 visitors
Robert Tatin Museum in Mayenne: 989 visitors
The Old Nimes Museum: 443 visitors
The Museum of Taurine Cultures in Nimes: 612 visitors
The Fabre Museum in Montpellier: 2,528 visitors
Nantes Natural History Museum: 1,820 visitors
The History of the Vendée des Lucs-sur-Boulogne: 4,628 visitors
The shoe museum in Romans-sur-Isère: 600 visitors
The Saumur Castle-Museum: 501 visitors
Matisse Museum in Nice: 728 visitors
La Cité de la dentelle et de la mode de Calais: 1,044 visitors
The Museum of Fine Arts of Calais: 527 visitors
Quimper Museum of Fine Arts: 647 visitors
La Rochelle Natural History Museum: 1,400 visitors
Bastia Museum, Corsica: 318 visitors
The Vasarely Foundation in Aix-en-Provence: 750 visitors
Stella Matutina Museum in Reunion: 1,431 visitors
Tahiti and Islands Museum - Te Fare Manaha: 1,500 visitors
In Europe:
The CosmoCaixa Science Museum in Spain: 6,136 visitors
Picasso Museum in Barcelona: 2,058 visitors
The European Night of Museums is organized by the Ministry of Culture, with the support of the Regional Directorates for Cultural Affairs (DRAC). It benefits from the patronage of UNESCO, the Council of Europe, ICOM France and numerous institutional partnerships (Ratp, Ffsam, Paris Musées, Phenix Channels, Insert) and media (France Télévision, Radio France, Arte, Histoire TV, TV5 Monde, France Media Monde, Le Figaro, Technikart, Gulli, Beaux-Arts, Toute l'Histoire).