Heritage Days in Hauts-de-Seine

What's open in the Hauts-de-Seine

The Ministry of Culture's national portal lists 213 open sites in the 92, across 30 of the 36 municipalities, featuring 357 events and 680 time slots: 12 on Friday evening, September 18th, 380 on Saturday the 19th, and 288 on Sunday the 20th. 348 out of 357 events are free, and 154 require booking. By format: 125 guided tours, 50 workshops and craft demonstrations, 45 self-guided tours, 38 circuits and walks, 36 exhibitions, 27 shows and concerts, 23 lectures, and 11 games and quizzes. 77 sites are opening exceptionally, and 33 are participating for the first time. Figures recorded on August 16, 2026; the portal continues to be updated until the weekend.

The list below is a selection: departmental sites, major national estates, the most unusual openings, and events related to the photography bicentenary. The full program, location by location, is available at journeesdupatrimoine.culture.gouv.fr.

Departmental Sites

Musée départemental Albert-Kahn — 14 rue du Port, Boulogne-Billancourt

• Saturday and Sunday, 12:00 PM to 5:30 PM — On-demand tours with mediators, focusing on image and botanical collections, departing every 30 minutes
• Saturday and Sunday, 11:15 AM — Visit with a gardener: explore the departmental garden accompanied by a gardener and a mediator (1 hour)
• Saturday 11:30 AM and 4:00 PM, Sunday 11:30 AM — Discovery tour of the "Mondes en commun" festival and the garden, focusing on the Archives of the Planet and 10 contemporary photographers
• Saturday 2:30 PM and 4:00 PM — Family workshop: photograms using plants from the garden on photosensitive paper
• Saturday 3:00 PM — Meeting and screening "Les fossiles du futur," with the Tara Ocean Foundation and artist Laure Winants, followed by a discussion (1 hour 30 minutes)
• Sunday 2:30 PM to 6:00 PM — Investigation: who sabotaged Albert Kahn's trip? A game of clues and riddles throughout the museum

Domaine départemental de Sceaux

• Saturday and Sunday, 10:30 AM to 6:30 PM — Château de Sceaux, departmental museum: self-guided tour of the collections, from Louis XIV to Napoleon III, with mediators in the rooms
• Saturday and Sunday, 10:30 AM to 6:30 PM — "Princesse rebelle" exhibition, dedicated to Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Siciles, Duchess of Berry, in the former stables, Allée d'Honneur
• Saturday and Sunday, 10:30 AM to 6:30 PM — Pavillon de l'Aurore: dome painted by Charles Le Brun in 1672
• Saturday 2:00 PM and 4:00 PM — Brass band of the Musique des gardiens de la paix, Parc de Sceaux

Maison de Chateaubriand — 87 rue de Chateaubriand, Châtenay-Malabry

• Saturday 12:00 PM — Exclusive tour with a guide-lecturer in the home of François-René de Chateaubriand, in the heart of the Vallée-aux-Loups estate (1 hour, booking required)

La Tour aux figures by Jean Dubuffet — Parc départemental de l'Île Saint-Germain, 170 quai de la Bataille-de-Stalingrad, Issy-les-Moulineaux

• Saturday and Sunday, 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM — Discovery space with self-guided tour: models, archival images, books, and interactive displays on the construction and restoration of the tower, 1st floor of the Grande Halle
• Saturday and Sunday, 3:00 PM and 4:30 PM — Guided tour of the tower and its ascending labyrinth (ages 6+, uneven steps, booking required)
• Saturday and Sunday, 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM — Family trail: guided tour followed by an arts and crafts workshop (ages 6+, booking required)
• Saturday 10:00 AM — Circuit "Île Saint-Germain: from the Dubuffet tower to the Place Saint-Germain," by Pascale Maestracci (1 hour, booking required)

Le JAD, Jardin des métiers d'Art et du Design — 6 grande rue, Sèvres

• Saturday and Sunday, 2:00 PM to 6:30 PM — Open studios: meet the creators and artisans. Saturday: Anne Agbadou-Masson, Baptiste Meyniel, Janique Bourget, Luce Couillet, Sofia Shazak, Vincent Le Bourdon. Sunday: Anne Agbadou-Masson, Luce Couillet, Tony Jouanneau, Vincent Le Bourdon
• Saturday and Sunday, 2:00 PM to 6:30 PM — "Chromatiques souterraines" exhibition by designer Lucie Ponard, featuring excavated earth from the Grand Paris Express construction sites, with a collaborative mural
• Saturday and Sunday, 2:00 PM to 6:30 PM — "L'aventure SunTrip Maroc: mobility and new imaginaries" exhibition, with the solar prototype Supercycle by Jean Dard and Loïse Lyonnet, in the presence of the designers
• Saturday and Sunday, 11:00 AM to 6:30 PM — The JAD Grand Game: three independent interactive games (7 to 10 minutes each), hosted by mediators, designed by Victoria Le Boloc'h-Salama
• Saturday and Sunday, 12:00 PM, 3:00 PM, and 5:00 PM — Guided tour of the architectural heritage: 1930s Art Deco building, former workshop of the Manufacture de Sèvres (45 minutes, booking required)
• Saturday 4:00 PM — Tour of "Chromatiques souterraines" in the presence of Lucie Ponard (booking required)
• Sunday 4:00 PM — Round table "Earth as a creative resource," with Lucie Ponard, Vincent Le Bourdon, Stefan Shankland, and a specialist from the Société des grands projets, moderated by Eva Grangier (booking required)
• Saturday and Sunday, 5:30 PM — Travel story: from the Sahara to France with solar energy, by Loïse, Jean, and Fabien (booking required)

Archives départementales des Hauts-de-Seine — Allée des Bizis, Nanterre

• Saturday and Sunday, 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM — Exhibition "En quête de justice. Justice and litigants in the Hauts-de-Seine," from the 17th century to the creation of the department, guided tour
• Saturday and Sunday, 2:00 PM to 6:30 PM — Guided tour of the Archives and a conservation room, with documents taken from the reserves and a presentation of restoration techniques
• Saturday and Sunday, 2:00 PM and 4:30 PM — Escape game "The Ghost of the Archives": in teams, amidst a kilometer of original documents (30 minutes of play, booking required)
• Saturday and Sunday, 3:00 PM — Theatrical stroll through the exhibition with actors from the Théâtre du Kalam (1 hour, booking required)

National Estates, Museums, and Major Institutions

Domaine national de Saint-Cloud — 1 avenue de la Grille d'honneur

• Saturday and Sunday, 3:00 PM and 5:00 PM — Historical walks by the Trois Clouds troupe, 13th edition: theatrical and musical stroll around Alberto Santos-Dumont and Marcel Dassault, departing from the Tapis Vert
• Saturday and Sunday, 2:30 PM to 6:00 PM — Historical museum self-guided tour, visitor guides, and family game trails available on-site
• Saturday and Sunday, 2:00 PM — Micro-tour: general presentation of the estate's history through the museum's works
• Sunday 2:30 PM — "The Grand Cascade: the rebirth of a masterpiece of fountain art," created between 1660 and 1665 by Antoine Le Pautre for Philippe d'Orléans (booking required)
• Sunday 4:30 PM — Collections of the historical museum: portraits, furniture, art objects, photographs, and models (booking required)

Domaine national de Meudon — Place Jules-Janssen

• Saturday and Sunday, 3:00 PM — Walking tour of the terraces and the Orangerie, then the museum rooms, with the Comité de sauvegarde des sites de Meudon (1 hour 30 minutes, booking required)
• Saturday and Sunday, 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM — Exhibition "The amazing history of the Meudon viaduct," curated by Jean Ménard, on its construction from 1837 to 1840 by engineers Payen and Perdonnet
• Saturday and Sunday, 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM — Exhibition "Étendre le marbre" by Jaildo Marinho, at the Orangerie, curated by Manuel Neves
• Saturday 5:00 PM — Hangar Y: concert "The Silence of the Forest," cello and grand piano in the open air, by Olivia Gay

Musée Rodin — Meudon

• Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM — Self-guided tour of the Villa des Brillants and the park, with a picnic area
• Saturday and Sunday, 2:30 PM, 3:00 PM, and 3:30 PM — Meetings on the history of the museum based on period photographs, with two curators, meeting in front of the Villa des Brillants (ages 12+)
• Saturday and Sunday, 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM — Participatory family workshop on photography, with an artist, in the educational area (ages 4+)
• Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM — Independent drawing practice in the plaster gallery, materials provided
• Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM — "Rodin in Meudon" quiz in front of the Villa des Brillants glass roof

Manufactures nationales Sèvres and Mobilier national, Sèvres site

• Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM — Tours of the workshops and behind-the-scenes of conservation, meeting art artisans and heritage curators (ages 10+)
• Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM — Preview presentation of works by Claire Lindner, at the end of her two-year residency at the Manufacture

Other Major Institutions

• Saturday 11:00 AM, 1:30 PM, 4:00 PM, and 6:30 PM; Sunday 1:30 PM, 4:00 PM, and 6:30 PM — International Bureau of Weights and Measures, Sèvres: guided tour of the Pavillon de Breteuil, inaugurated by Louis XIV in 1672, and its French-style gardens, the Grand Parterre (1 hour 30 minutes, booking required)
• Saturday 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM — Paris Observatory, Meudon site: guided tour with a scientist of the former royal hunting estate, the largest astronomical telescope in Europe under its dome, and the spectroheliograph (booking required, first participation)
• Sunday 10:30 AM — Grande Arche de la Défense, Cité de l'Histoire, Puteaux: guided tour "La Défense: Architectures of the Sky," by Daneel Art, on the five generations of towers in the district (2 hours, booking required)
• Saturday 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM — La Seine Musicale, Boulogne-Billancourt: open house day, with guided tours, concerts, open rehearsals, immersive SeineLab installation, virtual reality, outdoor contemporary art trail, and Bellini garden
• Saturday 3:00 PM, 3:30 PM, and 4:00 PM — La Seine Musicale: "La lévitation réelle," Compagnie L'immédiat (15 minutes)
• Saturday 5:30 PM — La Seine Musicale: "Phasmes," Compagnie Libertivore, Fanny Soriano, hand-to-hand acrobatics duo
• Saturday 11:00 AM — Listening walk at the Parc départemental Gauthier-Mougin, Île Seguin, with a guide and two musicians

Préfecture des Hauts-de-Seine, Nanterre — last opening before the November move

• Sunday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM — Self-guided tour of the spaces listed as Historical Monuments: Claude-Erignac reception room, Victor Vasarely tapestry, reception rooms furnished by Charlotte Perriand and Le Corbusier
• Sunday 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM — Guided tour of the prefectural heritage: first-floor grand hall, former departmental council spaces, reception rooms, and the prefect's offices (1 hour, booking required)
• Sunday 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM — Commentary tour of the departmental operational center, the prefect's crisis management room (booking required)
• Sunday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM — Workshop on republican ceremonies and protocol, for children and adults (booking required)

Behind the Scenes and Exceptional Openings

• Saturday 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Sunday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM — FDJ United Studios, Boulogne-Billancourt: behind the scenes of a Loto draw, celebrating its 50th anniversary, 1 hour 30 minute tour with activities and prizes (booking required, first participation)
• Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM — Groupe M6, Neuilly-sur-Seine: behind the scenes of television and radio (booking required)
• Saturday, departures at 11:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM, 4:00 PM, and 5:00 PM — Gaumont Collection, Neuilly-sur-Seine: commentary tour followed by the screening of a montage film produced by GP Archives (registration from Monday, September 14th at 9:00 AM)
• Saturday and Sunday, 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM — Crayères des Montquartiers, Issy-les-Moulineaux: self-guided tour of the vaulted galleries opened in 1826 for lime and "blanc de Meudon," converted into a wine cellar in 1995, housing one million bottles. Guided tours Saturday 11:00 AM, Sunday 11:00 AM and 12:00 PM (booking required)
• Saturday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM — Technicentre Atlantique SNCF, Châtillon (booking required)
• Saturday 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM — Technicentre Normandie, SNCF Voyageurs, Clichy: rolling stock maintenance (booking required)
• Saturday 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM — SMGL Nanterre La Folie: RER E maintenance in a hall over 100 years old (booking required)
• Saturday 9:00 AM, 10:30 AM, and 12:00 PM — SNCF Réseau Paris-Nanterre training campus: railway infrastructure professions and Mistral driving simulator (booking required)
• Saturday 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM — Train maintenance workshop, Boulogne-Billancourt (booking required, address provided upon registration)
• Saturday and Sunday, 10:50 AM, 2:00 PM, 3:40 PM, and 5:20 PM — Bois-Colombes air-raid shelter: tour, alternating with the traveling show "Tous aux abris!" at 10:00 AM, 11:40 AM, 2:50 PM, and 4:30 PM (booking required)
• Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM — World War II air-raid shelter, Bourg-la-Reine: tour and accompanying exhibition
• Sunday 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM to 5:30 PM — Auboin quarry winch, Châtillon: industrial heritage, geology workshop on the Paris Basin quarries at 11:00 AM, 3:00 PM, and 4:30 PM, stone carving introduction from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
• Saturday and Sunday, 2:00 PM — Thinot Art Foundry, Châtillon (1 hour 30 minutes, booking required)
• Saturday 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM — Patrick Roger Chocolate Factory, Sceaux: self-guided tour of the chocolatier's workshop
• Sunday 2:00 PM — Tour Alto, Courbevoie: discovery tour commented by its architect Sandra de Lamotte (1 hour 30 minutes, first participation)
• Saturday 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM — Beaujon AP-HP Hospital, Clichy: tour, preceded by a lecture on the hospital at 3:30 PM (booking required)
• Sunday — Corentin-Celton Hospital, Issy-les-Moulineaux: guided tour at 2:00 PM, concert by Trio Lunae (piano and flutes) at 3:00 PM, educational farm of the Bergeries d'Issy from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Exhibition "Corentin Celton: a life of commitment (1901-1943)" Saturday and Sunday from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM
• Saturday 2:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Sunday 10:00 AM to 6:30 PM — Cité scolaire Lakanal, Sceaux: guided tour of the high school (booking required)
• Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM — Chanteraines Railway, Villeneuve-la-Garenne: train rides on the 60cm gauge line and workshop activities. Small train in the Prairie des Fiancés from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Around the Bicentenary of Photography

• Sceaux, Town Hall — Exhibition "Objectif Sceaux. The City and its inhabitants in the time of black and white": Saturday 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM, Sunday 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM. Guided tours Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 AM to 2:00 PM. Introduction to old-fashioned photography workshop Friday 7:00 PM and Saturday from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
• Bourg-la-Reine — Exhibition "Writing with light, the travels of a photographer: Robert Pichard, 1931-2020," François-Villon Media Library, Saturday 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM and Sunday 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Exhibition "Writing with light, the painted work of Sarah Jérôme," Villa Saint-Cyr, Saturday and Sunday 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM
• Courbevoie — Introduction to modern and post-modern architectural photography, Town Hall, Saturday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Embroidery on photo workshop, Faubourg-de-l'Arche cultural center, Saturday 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
• Issy-les-Moulineaux — "Get your portrait taken" and discovery of the Afghan box camera: Andrée-Chedid space Saturday 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Temps des Cerises Saturday 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Corentin-Celton Hospital Sunday 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, French Museum of Playing Cards Sunday 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
• Boulogne-Billancourt, Paul-Belmondo Museum — Cyanotype workshops: Saturday 3:30 PM and 4:30 PM (ages 12+), Sunday 3:30 PM and 4:30 PM (family, ages 8+) (booking required)
• Clichy, Pavillon Vendôme — Cyanotype workshop Saturday 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (booking required)
• Suresnes, Esplanade Hall — Lecture "Suresnes yesterday and today, 186 years of photography," Friday 6:00 PM (booking required)

Friday, September 18th, in the evening

12 slots are open to the public starting Friday.

• 12:00 PM and 5:00 PM — La Défense: guided tours on art, architecture, history, and photography, departing from the Paris La Défense information point
• 3:30 PM and 6:00 PM — Asnières-sur-Seine: guided tour of the Villa des Roses (30 minutes, booking required)
• 6:00 PM — Colombes, Jacques-Prévert Media Library: lecture "The City and urban environments: a social world captured by photography"
• 6:00 PM — Suresnes, Esplanade Hall: lecture "Suresnes yesterday and today, 186 years of photography" (booking required)
• 7:00 PM — Courbevoie, Roybet Fould Museum: "Scenographing the invisible: contemporary art and preventive conservation"
• 7:00 PM — Châtillon, EHPAD Sainte-Anne-d'Auray: show "Tout en assiégeant," Compagnie Les Tailleurs d'Histoire (booking required)
• 7:00 PM — Sceaux, Town Hall: introduction to old-fashioned photography workshop
• 8:00 PM — Courbevoie, Théâtre de Verdure of Parc de Bécon: "Les Blanchisseuses de Courbevoie"
• 8:30 PM — Sceaux, Cité scolaire Lakanal: classical music concert (booking required)
• 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM — Paris La Défense: polyptych by Guillaume Bottazzi, six paintings visible from the Grande Arche, also Saturday and Sunday

The 30 participating municipalities

Number of open sites per municipality: Issy-les-Moulineaux 25, Colombes 21, Sceaux 17, Meudon 14, Bois-Colombes 13, Châtillon 13, Boulogne-Billancourt 12, Courbevoie 11, Nanterre 10, Clamart 9, Antony 7, Châtenay-Malabry 7, Clichy 7, Neuilly-sur-Seine 6, Bourg-la-Reine 5, Sèvres 5, Suresnes 5, Vanves 5, Saint-Cloud 4, Chaville 3, Malakoff 3, Asnières-sur-Seine 2, Levallois-Perret 2, Garches 1, Gennevilliers 1, Montrouge 1, Puteaux 1, Rueil-Malmaison 1, Ville-d'Avray 1, Villeneuve-la-Garenne 1.

The full program of 213 locations, with specific booking conditions for each event, is published at journeesdupatrimoine.culture.gouv.fr. Departmental Council sites are detailed at hauts-de-seine.fr.