For the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Musée du Louvre is presenting an exhibition on the creation of the first modern Olympic Games at the end of the 19th century. The exhibition explores the political context of the time and the desire of the organisers to reinvent the competitions of ancient Greece.
From 9 February 2024, immerse yourself in the thousand-year-old history of the Egypt of the pharaohs through the emblematic treasures of this legendary civilisation.
From the outset, explore the unique cosmogony of ancient Egypt, with its epic tales of the birth of the world and the clashes of the gods, projected onto the walls of the Atelier des Lumières. Then follow the course of the sacred Nile, source of life and fertility, whose seasonal floods nourish a luxuriant flora and fauna.
On 21 July 1978, the subsoils of bustling Mexico City revealed one of the most exceptional secrets of Mesoamerica: the remains of the ancient city of Tenochtitlan, capital of the Mexica civilisation, long wrongly named Aztec, and its sacred enclosure, the Templo Mayor.
The 2024 Summer Olympic Games, officially named the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, will be held in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. The designation of the city was made official at the 131st IOC Session in Lima, Peru, on 13 September 2017.
The Johnny Hallyday Exhibition, which was a great success in Brussels, is now coming to Paris Expo Porte de Versailles until 19 June 2024. Spanning more than 3,000 square metres, the exhibition highlights the musical, stage and personal moments in Johnny Hallyday’s life.
Molière l’Opéra Urbain is an innovative musical creation that brings together a variety of talents on stage, from singers to slammers, rappers, dancers, actors and musicians, all in a set and costumes reminiscent of the 17th century.
A century ago, in 1923, the world lost Gustave Eiffel, a visionary engineer whose legacy transcends the decades. Best known for his ‘300-metre tower’ in Paris, Eiffel had already left his mark on the field of metal bridges long before this emblematic project.
