The Journées du Patrimoine will be held for the 41st time in September. This year, art and history lovers and the curious will have to make a note of the dates September 21 and 22, 2024. During this exceptional weekend, many museums, monuments, castles, institutions and other places usually closed to the public will be offering special programs, with free visits and original events. A great way to (re)discover the treasures of our heritage from another angle.
Paris, of course, is on the agenda, but not only that: the whole of theÎle-de-France region is also on board! So why not take this opportunity to explore the amazing places that await you in the Ile-de-France region? For a getaway accessible by public transport, the Hauts-de-Seine region includes the town of Nanterre, just outside Paris. Here, you'll find a wide range of visits to places of interest, all specially programmed for this weekend. Here are the details of what you can do in Nanterre for the Journées du Patrimoine 2024.
Heritage Days 2024 at the Hauts-de-Seine Departmental Archives in Nanterre
As guardians of the Hauts-de-Seine department's memory, the Archives départementales are opening their doors to let you discover what goes on behind the scenes, a conservation store, emblematic documents, restoration techniques and an exhibition on sport.
To coincide with the 2024 Olympic Games, the Archives départementales are retracing the region's sporting history. Through varied and rich collections such as that of the Racing Club de France, donations linked to the major sports collection, and various documents collected from clubs in the 92 region, you will discover sporting practices since the end of the 19th century, emblematic venues and major clubs.
Posters, maps, press documents, photographs, postcards and objects will first look back at the development of the region's first clubs, and then at the 1924 Olympic Games. They also highlight the Olympic stadium in Colombes. Finally, the democratization of sport and the history of the top-level clubs supported by the Département will be highlighted.
Escape Game at the Archives du 92 on Gustave Eiffel
An angry ghost steals a file and hides it in an archive room.
You're locked in the heart of an archive store. You're not on a set, but immersed in original documents, and you have to investigate, gather clues and solve puzzles, all the while protecting the ancient documents.
In teams of 4 to 7, you'll have 30 minutes (but allow an hour on site) to find the file and the code to get out of the enigmatic labyrinth of boxes
Come and test your logic, your team spirit, your memory, your sense of observation and your curiosity.
Register with the Archives départementales
achivesdepartementales@hauts-de-seine.fr
Children aged 8 and over must be accompanied by an adult.
Heritage Days 2024 at the Préfecture des Hauts-de-Seine in Nanterre
Come and take part in the workshops organized by the Prefecture's State Representation Office. Republican ceremonies, protocol placements, the role of the prefect... They'll explain it all!
Workshops for children and adults.
Guided heritage tours
Discover the history and architecture of the prefecture with a guided tour of the first-floor grand hall, the former departmental council areas, the Claude Erignac VIP lounge...
Discover the history and architecture of the prefecture with a guided tour of the first-floor grand hall, the former departmental council areas, the Claude Erignac VIP lounge, the prefect's reception rooms and the prefect's and secretary-general's offices on the 24th floor.
Total tour duration: 1 hour.
Afterwards, if you wish, you can take part in the workshop on ceremonies and protocol in the Salon d'Honneur Claude Erignac, and visit the departmental operations center.
Enjoy a guided tour of the prefecture's crisis room.
A strategic tool for the prefect, the departmental operations center is the place where all the players come together in the event of a crisis in the department.
Self-guided tour of the listed areas
Self-guided tour: the grand hall, the Claude Erignac VIP lounge, the prefect's reception rooms and the former departmental council areas.
The reception rooms
The reception rooms are home to numerous works of art: tapestries, paintings and designer furniture from the 60s and 70s.
The salon d'honneur - Claude Erignac
A large reception room, the salon d'honneur houses the prefecture's most emblematic work of art: the monumental tapestry Composition by Victor Varasely.
The former departmental council areas
The best-preserved areas in the most unusual part of the building created by the architect: period telephone booths, a bar area with skylights, a spiral ramp leading to the deliberation room. The materials, colors and furnishings have all remained true to the original.
The main halls.
Stroll through the main halls of the prefecture.
Heritage Days 2024 at La Contemporaine in Nanterre
La Contemporaine opens its doors to you. Enter the storerooms of the building designed by architects Bruno Gaudin and discover the richness of the collections. Reading room, collection processing rooms, exhibition areas, storerooms...
La Contemporaine and the Société d'Histoire de Nanterre are organizing a meeting on children and conflict, to mark the dual publication of the books "Les enfants de Nanterre dans la tourmente de 1939-1945" and "Enfants en guerre, guerre à l'enfance? De 1914 à nos jours" (Editions Anamosa - La Contemporaine).
This meeting brings together Dominique Lhotellier and Pascale Boeuf (Société d'histoire de Nanterre) and Anne Tournieroux (La Contemporaine, co-curator of the exhibition "Enfants en guerre, guerre à l'enfance? De 1914 à nos jours" presented from April 20 at La Contemporaine).
A museum for understanding how history is written
How and from what sources is the history of the present written? How did we come to take an interest in hitherto neglected sources - the press, graphic works, leaflets, photographs, posters, audiovisuals, the web? Why are we so keen to preserve traces of our personal or family history? Why do activists collect archives of their commitment? How do the points of view of the historian, the activist and the citizen interact? Why and how can these materials be passed on to future generations?
Through a stroll through the collections of La Contemporaine - paintings from the Great War, leaflets, sketches from the trials of the Liberation or the notebooks of Algerian war recruits, archives collected during the Russian Revolution or samizdats from the 1970s-1980s, the work of photojournalists, filmed interviews, activist or association archives....- l'Atelier de l'histoire questions our relationship with contemporary history and its sources.
Audio guides are available for self-guided tours.
Further information: http: //www.lacontemporaine.fr/action-culturelle/l-atelier-de-l-histoire
Guided and commented tours (1h15 per tour) at 10am and 3:30pm
Tours at 10am and 3:30pm: Tour of ancient frescoes
The history of students' political and social commitments is illustrated on campus walls. It's part of our daily lives, but we often don't pay much attention to it. Poorly documented, partially erased, battered by time... how can we unlock the secrets of these forgotten relics when information is scarce? If you'd like to learn more about the approach of the art history researcher, come and help us unravel the mysteries of the Nanterre frescoes.
Guided and commented tour (duration 1h15)
2pm tour: 2018 Street art tour
Through an analysis of the seven frescoes created in 2018 for the Nuit des Idées, the guided tour of the Université Paris Nanterre invites you to discover famous classic works from the Musée du Louvre reinterpreted by urban artists. Along the way, you'll learn more about the practice of "Street Art" and its role during the student protests of May 68.
Dates and Opening Time
From September 21, 2024 to September 22, 2024
Location
Downtown Nanterre
Centre ville
92000 Nanterre
Official website
www.nanterre.fr
