From April 22 to May 9, 2023, students in zone C (including little Parisians) are on vacation. The Quai Branly Museum is organizing visits, workshops and activities to help children discover art from around the world. On the program? For the first Sunday of the vacations, on April 23, 2023, the Quai Branly museum organizes an afternoon of free activities around Australia, including guided tours and creative workshops for the whole family from 3 years old: an appointment not to be missed!
February vacations 2025: a family Sunday with activities at the Musée du Quai Branly
Come and spend a family Sunday at the Musée du Quai Branly, this Sunday, April 21, 2024. To attract children and help them discover the arts and cultures of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas, the museum is offering workshops, tours and story readings all afternoon... A great outing for young and old alike! [Read more]
Otherwise, there are many visits on the program of these vacations: they are either narrated or guided and deal with different themes or exhibitions. Discover the legends of Australia or Japan and of each continent while exploring at the same time the museum's collections: the visits are proposed according to the age of the children (0 to 3 years old, 3 to 5 years old, 6 years old and more), so that the animation is completely adapted to them.
In addition to the creative activities, many workshops are also on the program for these Easter vacations 2023: the opportunity to create a mask, to design a miniature kimono, to paint or create accessories! As for the visits, the workshops are proposed according to the age of the children: the duration and the activities vary for the children from 3 to 5 years old or for the older ones, from 6 to 12 years old.
At the moment, the Quai Branly museum has many exhibitions, particularly colorful and visual, to take children to: Kimono retraces the history of this traditional Japanese garment, Songlines highlights aboriginal art and there are also the permanent collections of the museum, or the beautiful garden where you can take a little stroll! Shall we go to the Quai Branly museum for these vacations?
Kimono, the family visit
From riddles to little games, take your family through the Kimono exhibition and discover how this garment conquered the world!
Guided tour "The animal trail
Find the bestiary hidden in the objects (masks, sculptures, everyday objects, fabrics, totems, paintings, cult objects, musical instruments, etc.) from all over the world!
The Secret of the Mask
Traveling through Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas, discover masks designed with various materials and for different purposes.
From head to toe
Looking at statues by reproducing their postures, deciphering a mask by imitating its expression, understanding through gesture... young children (3-5 years old) apprehend the works of art through a series of observations involving their own bodies.
Senses on the alert
This visit invites children to encounter the works of art through observation, listening, storytelling, practice, play, dialogue and emotion.
To each his own
Make your choice! Tell the guide the object that intrigues you the most, and try to discover together what gives it its value, in its culture of origin and in the museum's display cases.
Storytelling tour Japan
Around the exhibition Kimono, discover the legends and stories of Japan.
Storytelling tour Australia
Embark on an unusual visit around the Songlines exhibition, and discover the legends of the aboriginal territory.
My little storytelling visit: Mummy Snake
A storyteller will accompany you for a first discovery of the museum, in stories and songs.
My little visit told : the journey of Little Bear
Following on from "My little storytelling visit: Mummy Snake", the museum offers a second storytelling visit for the very young. The opportunity to discover the museum, in stories and songs, with a storyteller.
Storytelling tour of the Americas
A storyteller takes you on a discovery of the Americas: rites, stories and traditions take shape in the words, gestures and sound games of this singular guide, for a mythological approach to objects.
The rain
Rain is a phenomenon so essential to life on earth that it deserves to be danced and sung about! In the heart of the collections, children can observe works from different continents, identify symbolic motifs and discover in the workshop room the rituals in which they participate, through a short musical practice or by making an object that repels rain.
Magic object
On the Collections Plateau, youngsters can observe the statues, masks and accessories used by the diviners (or Nganga) of the Kongo people of Central Africa before creating their own magical objects in the workshop room.
Japanese silhouettes
After a short visit to the Kimonoexhibition , children will practice the art of draping: how do you build a 3D shape from a flat fabric, how does a pattern change when it takes on relief, folds, depth?
Too stylish
In the museum, discover new cuts, new materials, new patterns, which may interest you and allow you to create your next accessory in the workshop!
Painting the dream
The "dreams" of the Australian Aborigines retrace the origins of the world, on bark or canvas. From the notions of dream, cartography and symbolism, children approach the pictorial techniques and the aboriginal aesthetics while adopting their point of view on the world.
In the heart of the masks
In the Congo River basin, masks with geometric and pure forms are used for initiation ceremonies, festivities in honor of ancestors or nature spirits. Activated by the dancers, they protect the community from harmful spirits or disease.
Ghost hunters
A mischievous spirit is stirring up trouble in the museum's collections. Equipped with the perfect ghost hunter's kit, try to solve this mystery and capture the prankster spirit!
Archaeological mission
Around an excavation site in the workshop room, children find traces of pre-Columbian civilizations. Then, in the heart of the museum's collections, they compare them to the original works and discover the cultures of Central America.
Dates and Opening Time
From April 22, 2023 to May 9, 2023
Location
Musée du quai Branly Jacques Chirac
37 Quai Jacques Chirac
75007 Paris 7
Access
Metro line 9 "Iéna" station RER C "Pont de l'Alma" station
Prices
Visite guidée ou atelier enfant: €8
Visite guidée ou atelier adulte: €14
Recommended age
For all
Official website
m.quaibranly.fr
February vacations 2025: a family Sunday with activities at the Musée du Quai Branly
