All Saints’ Day holiday programme at the Quai Branly

“THE WORLD IN THE FAMILY”
(The All Saints’ Day 2023 program)

India is in the spotlight this season. The Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac offers many activities for families. Some are designed in relation to the current exhibition “Bollywood superstars. History of an Indian Cinema”. Others allow you to (re)discover the museum’s permanent collections

• Young Audience Film Festival “En avant la musique” : free on reservation – the program here
• Family show : Kathputli, dances and puppets of Rajasthan : November 4 and 5, 2023
• Storytelling visits:
  • For 0-3 year olds: “My little storytelling visit, mother snake” – For a first discovery of the museum, in stories and songs with a storyteller
  • For 0-3 year olds: “My Little Storytelling Tour, Little Bear’s Journey” – Follow Little Bear on his journey across continents. A storyteller accompanies the children through the museum with stories and songs
  • for 3-5 year olds : “Around the world” – A journey through stories and songs to awaken toddlers to the works of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas
  • for 3-5 year olds : “The world in colour” – Explore, feel and perceive the collections in a different way, through shapes and colours, in song and music
  • for ages 6 and up : “Asia” – Follow the tribulations of the sons of the Dragon in tales and legends!
  • for ages 6 and up : “Soothsayers and sorcerers” – Follow the tribulations of the sons of the Dragon in tales and legends!
• Guided tours:
  • for 3-5 year olds : “The senses awakened” – A visit to the museum’s collections to contemplate, sing, touch and discover all the art of the world
  • for 3-5 year olds : “From head to toe” – Look at the statues by reproducing their postures, decipher a mask by imitating its expression, understand through gesture…
  • from 6 years old : “Everyone has their own tastes” – Make your choice! Point out to the guide the object that intrigues you the most, and try together to discover what gives it its value, in its culture of origin and in the museum’s showcases
  • from 6 years old : “The animal trail” – Identify the materials of animal origin and find the bestiary hidden in the objects (masks, sculptures, everyday objects, fabrics, totems, paintings, cult objects, musical instruments, etc.) from the four corners of the world!
  • from 6 years old : “The secret of the mask” – As you travel through Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas, discover masks designed with various materials and for different purposes
  • from 6 years old : “Bollywood, the family visit” – As a family, travel through a century of Indian cinema history!
• The Workshops:
  • for 3-5 year olds : “Rain” – Rain is such an essential phenomenon to life on earth that it deserves to be danced and sung! At the heart of the collections, toddlers observe works from different continents, identify symbolic motifs and discover in the workshop room, the rituals in which they participate, through a short musical practice or by making an object that repels the rain
  • for 3-5 year olds : “Magic Object” – On the Collections set, toddlers observe the statues, masks and accessories used by the soothsayers (or Nganga) among the Kongos of Central Africa before creating, in the workshop room, their own magical objects
  • for 3-5 year olds : “Secret Puppets” – The close observation of the diversity of materials used in the Oceanian works presented on the Collections platform gives children the opportunity to create fantastic characters in the workshop, animated by their stories and secrets
  • for 6 – 8 year olds : “At the heart of the masks” – In the Congo River basin, masks with geometric and refined shapes come out for initiation ceremonies, festivities in honor of ancestors or the spirits of nature.
  • for 6 – 8 year olds : “Shadow theatre” – Go to Asia, to discover the incredible diversity of small object theatres composed of Chinese shadows, articulated puppets, paper cut-outs…
  • from 6 years old : “Ghost hunters” – A teasing spirit sows discord in the museum’s collections. Equipped with the perfect ghost hunter’s kit, try to solve this mystery and capture the prankster spirit!
  • from 6 years old : “Bollywood Dances” – This workshop combines a guided tour of the exhibition “Bollywood Superstar. History of an Indian Cinema” from the museum to the discovery of Indian dances with a dancer in the room
  • from 6 years old : “Too Stylish” – Like any fashion designer, you need to document yourself to feed your imagination. You will learn about past clothing fashions, but also about clothes and suits from all over the world, which will allow you to create your next accessory!
  • for 9 – 12 year olds : “Archaeology Mission” – Around an excavation site in the workshop room, children will find traces of pre-Columbian civilizations, then compare them to original works and discover the cultures of Central America