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.

Past events

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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.

Safety

Visiting time

Visit itinerary

Visitors' Charter
Next step:
Durrës, Albania (April 10-21)
See the town agenda

Resources

Guestbook