15 MAY - 16 MAY 2010 6TH NUIT EUROPÉENNE DES MUSÉES (EUROPEAN NIGHT OF MUSEUMS)
The 6th European Night of Museums will take place on Saturday 15 May 2010.
This event, created in 2005 by the Ministry of Culture and Communication, is the chance for French and European museums to unite every audience for an exceptional nocturnal event, and allow the largest number of people to discover their museums and their collections in a novel way and free of charge.
Each year the event attracts a larger audience and includes an ever growing number of museums, and equally more and more participating countries, thus contributing to the construction of a cultural Europe.
La Nuit européenne des musées is organised by the Ministry of Culture and Communication, the « direction générale des patrimoines » / the « services des musées de France (SMF) » and the regional directions of cultural affairs (DRAC) with the cooperation of the Réunion des musées nationaux (RMN).
It benefits from the support of Neuflize OBC and Neuflize Vie.
This event will be placed, as with the previous editions, under the high patronage of the Secrétaire Général du Conseil de l’Europe, of UNESCO, and will benefit once again from the connection with the « Journée internationale des musées » (International Museums Day) of the ICOM (Conseil international des musées), thus confirming the european and international dimension of this event.
http://www.claudinecolin.com / Bulgaria Today
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Museums open for free on 'European Night' !Thousands of cultural institutions across the continent will open their doors for free this weekend (16 May) for the 'European Museums Night'.
The fifth edition of the event, which began in France at the initiative of the French Culture Ministry and was rolled out across Europe under the patronage of the Council of Europe and UNESCO in 2005, will see the public visit over 2,200 museums in 39 countries.
The aim of the night is to "shed new light on [Europe's] historical heritage" by offering "unexpected, surprising and deeply moving" ways of visiting museums, according to the French Culture Ministry.
Some of the special events that museums are putting on to attract the public are unique, like at the Rodin Museum in Paris, which will see visitors tour its corridors by torchlight, or at the Museum of Rural Life in Reading (UK), where visitors will be offered a bed for the night.
Other museums are organising joint events in collaboration with foreign institutions on a trans-European theme, to be broadcast on the Web.
French Culture Minister Christine Albanel said the night would offer citizens an "exceptional encounter with culture" and provide an opportunity for people to "rediscover the world".
Indeed, an "online sharing space" was set up last June "to support and promote collaboration between museums" and to provide a forum for best-practice exchange, as well as to allow visitors "to share their emotions".
Last year's European Night saw all of Moscow's museums stay open free of charge throughout the night, with visitors able to use public transport for free too.
"Free entry is a fundamental principle of the European Museums Night," said French Museums Director Marie-Christine Labourdette, allowing people to "take that first and sometime intimidating step into the museum world".
Meanwhile, an International Museums Day held two days later (18 May) will address issues surrounding museums and tourism, addressing the need for sustainable cultural tourism in particular.
The two events have taken place side-by-side for the last three years.
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