France

Marseille

June 6 to 18, 2024
Free admission

The programme in Marseille

The village and its free exhibitions are open every day from 10am, with free access and no need to book.
For the museum boat and virtual reality pavilion, if online reservations are full, come directly to the site to access them without reservation (subject to availability)!

The lively program is designed in collaboration with Martha Kirszenbaumcurator of the Marseilles stage, as well as numerous local players.

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18
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Museum boat
All audiences

Aboard the museum boat

Vieux-Port - Quai de la Fraternité, Marseille, France
6/6/24
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18/6/24
Monday to Friday: 14:00 to 19:30, weekends: 10:00 to 19:30
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If online reservations are fully booked, you can come directly to the event without a reservation (subject to availability)!

Discover 2 experiences on board: "Presents", the immersive exhibition with the exceptional collaboration of the Louvre Museum as well as the sound journey in the Mediterranean created by Ircam x Centre Pompidou. Sail by Laure Prouvost.

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Marseille
2024-06-06
2024-06-18
06
Jun
18
Jun
Pavillon Central
Exhibition
All audiences

Under The Azure

Vieux-Port - Quai de la Fraternité, Marseille, France
6/6/24
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18/6/24
10:00am
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8:20pm

Under the Azure is an exhibition paying tribute to the Mediterranean Sea, to the imagery it evokes, to the awe it inspires, and to the ancient and contemporary myths associated with it.

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Marseille
2024-06-06
2024-06-18
06
Jun
18
Jun
Photo Pavilion
Exhibition
All audiences
Photography

Undertow

Vieux-Port - Quai de la Fraternité, Marseille, France
6/6/24
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18/6/24
10:00am
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8:20pm

This exhibition explores the Mediterranean in the context of migration and exile, highlighting the work of emerging photographers from the region.

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Marseille
2024-06-06
2024-06-18
06
Jun
31
Jul
Out of doors
Children

Cultural tour: Stamping card game for young audiences

Vieux-Port - Quai de la Fraternité, Marseille France
6/6/24
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31/7/24
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Take part in the Art Explora children's competition and its 13 partner venues! Collect as many stamps as you can by visiting each of the Festival's partner cultural venues from June 6 to July 31, 2024.

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Marseille
2024-06-06
2024-07-31
06
Jun
18
Jun
Virtual Reality Pavilion
All audiences

Journey through time and space

Vieux-Port - Quai de la Fraternité, Marseille, France
6/6/24
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18/6/24
10:00 à 20:20
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If online reservations are fully booked, you can come directly to the event without a reservation (subject to availability)!

Discover recent virtual reality creations connected to the themes of the Art Explora Festival: heritage, art culture, migrations...

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Marseille
2024-06-06
2024-06-18
06
Jun
06
Jun
All audiences

Opening day

Vieux-Port - Quai de la Fraternité, Marseille, France
6/6/24
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6/6/24
4:30pm
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00:00

Opening day of the Art Explora Festival in Marseille. At programme : official speeches, dancing, concerts and DJ set... Reservations are full, but access will be possible on site depending on capacity.

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Marseille
2024-06-06
2024-06-06
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Art Explora Festival

The Art Explora Festival is an itinerant festival that travels the world's seas and oceans with its museum ship, offering innovative artistic and cultural experiences free of charge. From spring 2024 to autumn 2026, the festival will travel to 15 Mediterranean countries for its first tour. In Marseilles, the festival has been approved as part of the programme Cultural Olympiad, an IOC initiative designed to highlight events with shared values between sport and culture.

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Practical information

Opening hours

Le bateau-musée (Reservations required): Thursday June 6: 19:00 to 23:30; Monday to Friday: 14:00 to 19:30, weekends and Friday June 7: 10:00 to 19:30. Central and Photo Pavilions (free access subject to availability): Monday to Friday, 1:00 pm to 8:20 pm; weekends and Friday, June 7: 10:00 am to 8:20 pm. VR pavilion: same opening hours as central and photo pavilions, but booking is essential.

Address

Vieux-Port - Quai de la Fraternité, Marseille, France

Accessibility

The Festival site is equipped to accommodate people with reduced mobility. Wheelchairs for the sick or disabled are allowed inside the Pavilions and on board the boat. The boat is equipped with a 1m wide ramp, accessible to people with reduced mobility, but may require the accompaniment of a third party due to its gradient of over 6%. Access to the aft deck and immersive exhibition is possible. Please inform us in advance of any special accessibility requirements, so that we can make the necessary arrangements.

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Visitors' Charter

PERFORMANCES IN THE CITY

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The boat is currently at :
La Spezia, Italy (construction site)
See you in 2025 for the next step
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