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Special Pasteur evening at the Henner Museum

Calling all art and science enthusiasts!

Jean-Jacques Henner National Museum, located in Paris' 17th arrondissement, has joined forces with the Institut Pasteur for a temporary exhibition that will run until March 3, 2024. The special exhibition, entitled "A story of friendship: Louis Pasteur and Jean-Jacques Henner," explores the friendship between the illustrious scientist and the painter. Make sure you don't miss this exhibition, which showcases the complementarity of the two museums' collections and sheds new light on the private life of the Institut Pasteur's founder.
Three portraits by the artist, of Louis Pasteur, his daughter Marie-Louise and his daughter-in-law Jeanne Boutroux, come from the Pasteur Museum's collections and will remain in the Henner Museum for the duration of the work to restore and renovate the historical Institut Pasteur building, which will last for around four years.


© Institut Pasteur - François Gardy

 

The Henner Museum is holding a special Pasteur evening on February 8, 2024. From 5 to 7pm, there will be guided tours of the exhibition with commentary, followed by the theatrical fantasy "On chemine avec Henner et Pasteur" (Walking alongside Henner and Pasteur) by Judith Larnaud, performed by the La Coulisse theater troupe, from 7.30 to 8.30pm.

To mark the occasion, the Henner Museum is putting on a variety of cultural activities to suit visitors of all ages and tastes, including art workshops, concerts and plays. See the program below for more details.

We hope lots of you will come along!

 

Program of events for the "A story of friendship: Pasteur & Henner" exhibition:

 

  • Activities for children and adults


For children:
► Storytelling tours (€6)
• Saturday February 17 at 3pm, led by Laure Urgin
 
► Tours with workshops (€10)
Reverse portrait and self-portrait. It all starts with color. With Stéphanie Wezemael
• Saturday January 27, 3pm
• Wednesday February 14, 3pm

 

 

For adults:

►Vinyasa yoga sessions followed by meditation based on a work in the collections (€15)
• Saturday February 10, 10am
 
►Guided tours
Guided tours of the special exhibition and the collections by Maeva Abillard, curator at the Henner Museum:
• Thursday February 29, 3pm

 

  • Thursday February 8: Special Pasteur evening: Pasteur/Henner, an informal evening to explore their friendship, featuring the theatrical fantasy by Judith Larnaud performed by the La Coulisse theater troupe.

5-7pm Guided tours of the exhibition with commentary

7.30-8.30pm Performance

 

  • Separately from the dedicated program, tour + concert packages are available. The concerts are preceded by a tour of the museum and the exhibition.

A Sunday of music: tour + concert (tour and concert included in the entry fee)
• Sunday February 11, 4pm
Concert by the Paris Wind Ensemble.

 

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