To celebrate the Journées du Patrimoine 2024, on Saturday September 21 and Sunday September 22, 2024, the Musée Curie is opening its doors exceptionally and free of charge throughout the weekend.
It's a wonderful way to immerse yourself in the world of the Curies, the family of five Nobel Prize winners (Marie twice, her husband Pierre, her daughter Irène and her son-in-law Frédéric Joliot) whose discoveries led to an understanding of radioactivity and major medical advances.
Heritage Days 2024 in Paris (75): schedule of visits by arrondissement
For the Journées du Patrimoine 2024 in Paris, the capital's monuments and historic landmarks are opening their doors (often free of charge) to let us in on their secrets. Don't miss this not-to-be-missed event, scheduled for September 21 and 22, 2024! [Read more]
During the Journées du Patrimoine 2024, many museums and art foundations will be opening their doors free of charge in Paris and the Île-de-France region. Join us on Saturday, September 21 and Sunday, September 22, 2024, for a program full of wonderful discoveries. [Read more]
Did you know? The Musée Curie is located in Marie Curie's former living quarters, on the very spot where she studied and taught radioactivity over a century ago. This is your chance to explore Marie Curie's buildings, office and personal chemistry laboratory, as well as the garden she created between the two pavilions of theRadium Institute.
Self-guided tours, flash guided tours : during these open days, you decide the tempo... Find out what's in store for you at this year's Heritage Days!
The Musée Curie is located on the first floor of the historic premises of the former Curie laboratory of the Institut du Radium - the radiation physics and chemistry laboratory headed by Marie Curie and Frédéric and Irène Joliot-Curie.
The bilingual (French/English) exhibition "Avec les Joliot-Curie, c'était physique!" (With the Joliot-Curies, it was physical!) on the gates of the Musée Curie, which has been awarded the title of Cultural Olympiad for Paris 2024, retraces the sporting exploits of a scientific community. It's about the Curies, the Joliot-Curies, their collaborators and their circle of friends. Illustrated with archival photographs, including many never-before-seen shots from family albums, the exhibition highlights another unexpected passion of these researchers: outdoor sports.
Screening of "L'esprit de l'Arcouest raconté par Hélène Langevin-Joliot" by Florence Riou (2024, 1h15, all audiences) followed by a meeting with the film's team.
Summary: At the beginning of the 20th century, a small group of professors gather every summer at l'Arcouest, a little corner of Brittany nicknamed "Sorbonne-Plage". What brought them together: the pleasure of being close to nature and common values of sharing knowledge and critical thinking about the power of science.
Hélène Langevin-Joliot, physicist and granddaughter of Marie and Pierre Curie, shares her childhood memories and the scientific and political motivations that drove them. Philosopher Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent and historian Andrée Bergeron, interviewed at the Musée Curie, comment on the contribution of this group of intellectuals to political and social reflection in the face of rising totalitarian ideas. The film questions our relationship with knowledge, and places science back in the context of general culture at the service of society.
Frédéric and Irène Joliot-Curie left their mark on the history of nuclear physics, notably with their discovery of artificial radioactivity in January 1934, for which they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry the following year. Their discovery was made in the Curie laboratory of the Institut du Radium, where the Musée Curie now stands. This thematic tour takes visitors on a journey through the permanent exhibition space, revisiting their history, which is inseparable from that of the museum, and exploring the collections linked to their research.
In the amphitheatre adjacent to the museum, a film produced by the Musée Curie is shown continuously, featuring archive footage and an interview with the children and daughter-in-law of Frédéric and Irène Joliot-Curie. They talk about their family heritage: the intergenerational transmission of the passion for all kinds of physical activities.
Running time: 17 minutes
A Musée Curie mediator will take you on an outdoor tour of the temporary exhibition "Avec les Joliot-Curie, c'était physique! Follow in the footsteps of photographs and archives revealing the passion of Marie Curie, Frédéric and Irène Joliot-Curie, their children, colleagues and friends for physical activity in the great outdoors. A way of (re)discovering these years of developing the prophylactic virtues of sport.
So, are you ready to learn all you can about Marie Curie?
Dates and Opening Time
From September 21, 2024 to September 22, 2024
Location
Curie Museum
1 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie
75005 Paris 5
Access
RER B station "Luxembourg
Prices
Free
Recommended age
From 16 years old
Official website
musee.curie.fr
Heritage Days 2024 in Paris (75): schedule of visits by arrondissement
Heritage Days 2024 at museums and art foundations in Paris and the Île-de-France region
