The Musée national de céramique de Sèvres is free for Reading Night!

The museum, which celebrates its 200th anniversary this year, invites young and old to a celebration of the body through ceramics for one day and one evening, on the occasion of Reading Night.

The Musée National de Céramique de Sèvres, founded by the visionary Alexandre Brongniart in 1824 and renowned for its extensive collection ofceramics spanning the ages and cultures, is inviting young and old to an evening celebration of the body through sculpture, on the occasion of the Nuit de la Lecture.

This nationwide initiative aims to rekindle a taste for reading, with events taking place all over France. At the Musée national de Céramique de Sèvres, storytelling for young and old, modeling workshops and text-based drawing workshops will be taking place throughout the event. Visitors can also (re)discover works from the impressive, world-renowned collection of over 55,000 ceramic objects.

On the Reading Night program:

activities for families, from 2pm to 5pm

• Storytelling for young and old, from age 3
  A storyteller brings to life a variety of stories linked to the museum's ceramic works.

• J'écoute et je dessine, ages 5 and up
  The Museum's curators have written a short text describing a work from their collections on the theme of the body. Get your pencils ready to draw and color them according to their description! Ages 5 and up.
  
  
• Modeling workshop from 3 years
  A 30-minute workshop on the theme of the body to let your imagination run free. On-site booking only.

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Activities for teenagers and adults, from 5pm to 8pm

• Literary strolls through the collections, ages 10 and up
  From 5pm to 8pm, tours of the collections with an actress and Christine Vivet-Peclet, head curator of the museum's 19th- and 20th-century collections. A great way to put the exhibition into perspective through literary texts on the theme of the body...

• Modeling workshop - 5pm to 7:30pm
  A 30-minute workshop to let your imagination run wild. Reservations only - Last modeling workshop at 7pm.

Whether you're an art enthusiast, a researcher or simply curious, this day is an opportunity not to be missed to admire an important part of our cultural and artistic heritage.