The Glass Museum of Conches-en-Ouche, in the Eure region, has just reopened after three years of work. Now installed in a former Benedictine abbey, this transparent place honors the thousand-year-old art of glass and pays tribute to a local artist, the master glassmaker François Décorchemont.
Do you want to introduce your children to the greatest masterpieces of art history in a fun way? Take them to visit the exhibition The Imaginary Playmobil Museum in Old Nice! The most famous paintings, from the Mona Lisa to Guernica and The Raft of the Medusa, are reproduced with the help of the famous little figurines. The result is amazing, amusing and instructive at the same time.
The Cairanne Wine Festival welcomes more than 30 wineries that will make you taste local wines, AOC wines
Did you know that the small town of Cossé-le-Vivien in Mayenne is home to a museum unlike any other? The Robert Tatin Museum bears the name of the Mayenne artist who built this monumental site. An unusual and surprising visit not to be missed!
Every summer, the Richelieu Music Festival invites music lovers to the land of Tours in places of exceptional history and architecture. The city-museum of Richelieu, in Indre-et-Loire, welcomes international talents of classical, romantic and baroque music, as well as young talents, in a friendly and intimate atmosphere.
Do you like reading? What if you took advantage of the summer vacations to switch to audio books? Stories to be listened to are becoming increasingly popular with the French, as this medium has many advantages. If you're still hesitating, we've listed 5 good reasons to switch to audio books.
David Hockney, born in 1937 in Bradford in the north of England, is one of the most influential British artists of his generation. Although he is best known for his series on swimming pools, this creator who does not fit into any box has a prolific and protean work. Here are 5 things to know about this unclassifiable artist.
Thirty-six years after the first film, Top Gun Maverick is breaking records at the worldwide box office. If you loved the first movie and you're still hesitating to go see the sequel, you should know that this new movie is not just a pale copy-paste of the 1986 cult movie. To give you a taste of this movie, we played the game of the 7 differences between Top Gun 1 and 2.
To celebrate the centenary of the Territory of Belfort, the land art artist Saype has just created a huge ephemeral fresco on one of the sides of the Ballon d'Alsace. We invite you to discover this artistic feat that will soon disappear, without leaving any trace in the landscape.
Summer is the ideal season to relax and travel, including through books! To promote the meeting between children's books and their young audience, the Minister of Culture Fleur Pellerin launched in 2015 a major national operation called 'Lire en short'. This event returns this summer under the name 'Partir en livre'! Based on the model of the music festival, this great festival of children's books takes place throughout France and offers completely free activities.
