As part of the European Heritage Days, the Département des Alpes Maritimes is offering several events at the Musée départemental des Merveilles.
Reservations required by telephone 04 89 04 57 00
Reservations required by telephone 04 89 04 57 00
The Musée Départemental des Merveilles is dedicated to one of Europe's most important rock engraving sites, the Merveilles and Fontanalba valleys in the Mont Bego region.
On the program:
INSTANTANÉS
PHOTOGRAPHS OF LA ROYA FROM 1900 TO 1950
TAKE PART IN A TIMELESS OLFACTORY EXPERIENCE
The evocative power of the photographs chosen to illustrate daily life
of the Roya Valley in the first half of the 19th century is multiplied when they are accompanied by subtle scents. A sensory experience in which the sense of smell and sight play equal parts in an immersive discovery of the exhibition. You won't forget these photos.
Saturday, September 20 at 2:30pm
Duration: 1h30 - All ages - Family (must be accompanied by an adult)
CUMEŘCIÀA
ALPINE ECONOMY AND COMMERCIAL LIFE IN HAUTE ROYA FROM THE 19TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY
LECTURE-VISIT
by Silvia Sandrone, Director of the Musée Départemental des Merveilles
Between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the Alpine territories experienced widespread economic and social dynamism. The commercial infrastructures, forms of appropriation and management of territorial resources, as well as pluriactivity, seasonal mobility and the contribution of the family structure, typical of the Alpine economy, reveal an image that is much richer and more complex than the one we generally have. Come and discover the example of the Roya Valley, through a lecture followed by a guided tour of the temporary exhibition Cumeřciàa.
Saturday, September 20 at 4pm
Duration: 1h - Open to all
SEA & WONDERS
PRESENTATION AND FILM SCREENING
On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, the Musée départemental
des Merveilles is celebrating 130 years of cinema with a screening of the first public showing of the Lumière brothers' cinematograph (1895), as well as highlighting amateur cinema in the Roya valley with La vallée des Merveilles (1953) and De la mer aux Merveilles (1955), the first amateur film in cinemascope.
The two films, with commentary by José Sacré, Guy Desmet and Gilbert Bianchi, will be presented by Jean-Michel Bianchi, heir to this exceptional cinematographic work, which, in the 1950s, provided a first glimpse of our valley's past.
In collaboration with the "Route Royale des Orgues" international festival.
Sunday, September 21 at 3pm
Duration: 1h30 - All audiences
FREE ADMISSION
Reservations required on mesdemarches06.fr
Information by e-mail: patrimoine@departement06.fr
On the program:
INSTANTANÉS
PHOTOGRAPHS OF LA ROYA FROM 1900 TO 1950
TAKE PART IN A TIMELESS OLFACTORY EXPERIENCE
The evocative power of the photographs chosen to illustrate daily life
of the Roya Valley in the first half of the 19th century is multiplied when they are accompanied by subtle scents. A sensory experience in which the sense of smell and sight play equal parts in an immersive discovery of the exhibition. You won't forget these photos.
Saturday, September 20 at 2:30pm
Duration: 1h30 - All ages - Family (must be accompanied by an adult)
CUMEŘCIÀA
ALPINE ECONOMY AND COMMERCIAL LIFE IN HAUTE ROYA FROM THE 19TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY
LECTURE-VISIT
by Silvia Sandrone, Director of the Musée Départemental des Merveilles
Between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the Alpine territories experienced widespread economic and social dynamism. The commercial infrastructures, forms of appropriation and management of territorial resources, as well as pluriactivity, seasonal mobility and the contribution of the family structure, typical of the Alpine economy, reveal an image that is much richer and more complex than the one we generally have. Come and discover the example of the Roya Valley, through a lecture followed by a guided tour of the temporary exhibition Cumeřciàa.
Saturday, September 20 at 4pm
Duration: 1h - Open to all
SEA & WONDERS
PRESENTATION AND FILM SCREENING
On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, the Musée départemental
des Merveilles is celebrating 130 years of cinema with a screening of the first public showing of the Lumière brothers' cinematograph (1895), as well as highlighting amateur cinema in the Roya valley with La vallée des Merveilles (1953) and De la mer aux Merveilles (1955), the first amateur film in cinemascope.
The two films, with commentary by José Sacré, Guy Desmet and Gilbert Bianchi, will be presented by Jean-Michel Bianchi, heir to this exceptional cinematographic work, which, in the 1950s, provided a first glimpse of our valley's past.
In collaboration with the "Route Royale des Orgues" international festival.
Sunday, September 21 at 3pm
Duration: 1h30 - All audiences
FREE ADMISSION
Reservations required on mesdemarches06.fr
Information by e-mail: patrimoine@departement06.fr
Opening times
Opening times
Each friday from 20 September 2025 until 21 September 2025
Location
Location
Spoken languages
Spoken languages
