European Museum Night 2025

The 21st edition of the European Museum Night, organized by the French Ministry of Culture, will take place on Saturday, May 17, 2025. A not-to-be-missed event, it enables the public, of all ages and backgrounds, to visit over 3,000 museums in France and Europe free of charge, in the evening and in a festive atmosphere.

Since its launch in 2005, European Museum Night has attracted large numbers of visitors to a growing number of museums every year. Its success with young audiences has been confirmed.

On this occasion, the teams at the Musée National Pablo Picasso and the Musée Magnelli are offering:

Torchlight tours of Pablo Picasso's War and Peace
9pm and 9:30pm

all audiences, duration 30 min
Gauge: 18 pers. max

Discover Picasso's monumental work, War and Peace, in an original way. Plunged into the dark, equipped with a flashlight, you'll be able to see this painting differently!

Free entertainment for all
Free admission
Registration on site the same evening
Information : Tel. 04 93 64 71 83

Pablo Picasso, La Paix, 1952. Oil on wood (isorel), 4.70 x 10.20 m. Vallauris, musée national Pablo Picasso, La Guerre La Paix. Photo: © GP RMN © succession Picasso, Paris, 2025.

At Musée Magnelli, musée de la céramique

The class, the work!

5pm - 6:30pm
All audiences

A class from the commune is invited to work around a work from the museum throughout the year. This encounter gives rise to multiple plastic creations. In 2025, a CM1 class had the pleasure of studying the work of Alberto Magnelli, and more specifically how the artist played with the space of his canvases. They will lead a guided tour of the painter's collection and stage their own creations.

Projections

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Teens and adults
duration : 1h

Projections of films and their making of, made by local teenagers as part of "Culture and Digital" courses, with CASADOC' and SLV around the collections.

Conference: "Robert Picault, De la pièce unique à la rénovation de la poterie culinaire, Hommage à Vallauris"

6pm - 7:30pm
Adults

Conference by J.J. Wattel, expert in 20th century Decorative Arts, followed by the signing of his book "Robert Picault, Potier d'art" éd. Louvre Victoire

Atelier Céramique

7pm - 8:30pm
Families
Duration 1h30
Gauge: 20 pers.

Young and old alike are invited to discover the artist's ceramics and experiment with plastic clay work. Like Jean Derval, everyone can decorate their own model.

Guided tour of the exhibition

8pm - 9pm
Adults
Duration 1h
Gauge: 20 pers.

"Jean Derval, le trait et le volume" by Céline Graziani, curator.

Images: Filming of the film "Le spectre du musée Magnelli! " by 10 local teenagers, 2025 / Jean Derval, Vase Minotaure, 1951, glazed ceramic, © Photo Sylvain Deleu © ADAGP Paris, 2025

Registration on site the same evening
Free entertainment for all
Free admission
Information. Tel. 04 93 64 71 83