European Heritage Days
Renoir Castle and Museum
Saturday, September 21 and Sunday, September 22

Every third weekend in September, young and old alike can visit tens of thousands of monuments, some of which are closed to the public for the rest of the year.

Parks and gardens, religious and civil buildings, etc. are all opportunities to rediscover French and European history through sculpture, architecture and art in general.

Renoir Museum

Art workshops

Nature workshop!
Ages 5 and up
Saturday, September 21 at 11 a.m.

Like a botanist, you will learn to observe and identify the flora of the Renoir garden with the aim of creating a watercolour herbarium.
Bookings only: ateliers.musees@cagnes.fr
Family workshops / Outdoor activities

Remember!
From age 5
Sunday, September 22, 2 to 4 p.m.

A souvenir workshop to mark the departure of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s painting Les Cariatides from the Musée Renoir: Les Cariatides.
Children will metamorphose the painting of Les Cariatides by using fabrics, objects, etc. to create their own scenes.
The painting will be transformed into a contemporary photograph to bring out its strong lines and materiality, creating a unique, graphic and colorful new work.
Reservations required: ateliers.musees@cagnes.fr
Family workshops / Outdoor activities

Pierre Auguste Renoir Cariatides , 1909, oil on canvas, Musée d’Orsay deposit,
NR 198, Musée Renoir, Cagnes-sur-Mer, ©Bernard Olives

Giant Cluédo
Saturday, September 21 starting at 2 p.m.

Investigation in the garden of the Renoir Museum: a terrible tragedy has taken place at the Domaine des Collettes, home of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

Background: in 1916, Richard Guino, sculptor and collaborator of painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, was found murdered.
Who could have committed such a crime?
It’s up to you to find out: put your detective skills to good use and solve the mystery!

This fun experience lets you discover the unique place where painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir lived with his family.

Game description: During the investigation, families will have to search for clues to find the murderer, the crime scene and the weapon used.

Ages 8 and up.
Free admission.
6 teams of 2 players.
Registration required: click here

Guided tours

Saturday, September 21 at 9 p.m.
Sunday September 22 at 11am, 2pm and 4pm

Discover the garden, the painter’s outdoor studio, the house and its collections on a guided tour.

Duration 1h, maximum 25 people

Grimaldi Castle Museum

Guided tours

Saturday, September 21 at 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Sunday, September 22, 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Take a guided tour and discover the history of the château, the collections it houses and Gérard Taride’s temporary exhibition “Notes inderdites”.

Duration 1h, maximum 25 people

Conference

Saturday, September 21 at 10:30 a.m. – Salle des concerts

“Jean Renoir, le temps du souvenir”
Lecture by Paule Monacelli, President of the Association of Friends of the Renoir Museum

From his childhood and adolescence to his beginnings in silent and talking films, and the evolution of the technology that fascinated him, this conference pays tribute to Jean Renoir, offering a panoramic view of his life through books and interviews.

Admission free, subject to availability.

Sam Levin, Jean Renoir, shooting Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe, 1959,
gift of the Association des Amis du musée Renoir

Micro-Folie

Saturday, September 21st

Southern France “Heritage of routes, networks and connections” and “Maritime heritage

2 to 3 p.m.
Collection: Impressionists and modernity
To mark the 150th anniversary of Impressionism, this collection highlights the masterpieces and great artists of this movement, exploring the industrial revolution and its impact on the history of art.
Virtual reality film “L’obsession des Nymphéas de Monet”: immerse yourself in a whirlwind of color.
6 minutes, ages 7 and up.

La Gare Saint-Lazare, Claude Monet, 1877
© RMN- Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
Claude Monet
by Nadar in 1899

from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
CLAUDE MONET (1840 – 1926)
Claude Monet painted over five thousand pictures in sixty years.
After participating in the Impressionist adventure, he distanced himself and invented a painting principle that would revolutionize 20th-century pictorial art: the series.
He would devote the last thirty years of his life to these multiple representations of a single subject, which in itself had become secondary.
1h30 live lesson, followed by 30mn discussion with the speaker.
Subject to availability, ages 10 and up.

Sunday, September 22

2pm to 5pm
Collection: Patrimoine des itinéraires, des réseaux et des connexions et maritime.
Through a selection of artistic works, it reveals how trade routes, transport networks and cultural exchanges have shaped our history and our art.
By highlighting the influence of maritime heritage on artistic creation, this collection illustrates how travel, exchange and exploration have inspired and enriched artists through the centuries.

Virtual reality film: Legendary railroad, maritime voices, regatta, fleet

Virtual reality film: From station to museum in 3D
Discover the history of the building in 360°, from the Orsay station, built for the 1900 Universal Exhibition, to its restoration and transformation into a museum in 1986.

View of Delft, Johannes Vermeer, 1660-1661, ©Mauritshuis
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