– IMMERSIVE EXHIBITION –
Until September 6, 2023
At La Grande Halle de la Villette (Paris 19th)
Until September 6, 2023
At La Grande Halle de la Villette (Paris 19th)
- WE LIKE: the exceptional scenography that plunges us into the heart of the great monuments of Egypt at the time of Ramses II
- AGE: for everyone, ideal from 7 years old
- DATE: until September 6, 2023
- OPENING HOURS: Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. – Weekends and holidays 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- DURATION : about 1 hour
- RESERVATION RECOMMENDED
- PLACE: La Villette – at La Grande Halle (Paris 19th)
Lovers of time travel in short pants, this international travelling exhibition, which makes a stopover in Paris, will transport you to the world of Egypt’s most striking character Ancient: the great pharaoh Ramses II
- A great emotion grips both parents and children when they discover the 180 works on display , some of which had never been out of Egypt
- The exhibition retraces several major themes such as the long reign of Ramses II who was an incredible builder of Pharaonic Egypt, a negotiator and a warrior, but also a great monarch who left an immense know-how in the field of sculpture, jewelry and gold work
- Of the artifacts presented, the centerpiece is undoubtedly the huge painted wooden sarcophagus of the pharaoh representing him as the god Osiris, and which contained his mummy
- It is also an opportunity to discover colossal statues, funerary masks and treasures such as that of Tanis, which is among the most exceptional in the world
- Among the strangest exhibits, animal mummies have survived the centuries and will fascinate children
- The immersive virtual reality devices offer a unique experience in the heart of the great temples of Abu Simbel to which Queen Nefertari, one of the eight wives of Ramses, leads us! But… Careful! The mummy of the great pharaoh is never far away to chase away the visitor of the twenty-first century! Thrills guaranteed in the desert to discover the Valley of the Queens.
This Parisian exhibition mixing the tangible and virtual immersion is an experience that will not leave children without a memory!
Extend the visit to the exhibition on Egypt with children
- The La Villette site offers several creative and fun workshops on the theme of ancient Egypt, for schools and leisure centres and parent-child activities: storytelling, photography and montage, visual arts
- You can go to the Louvre Museum to see the Great Pyramid and take a tour of the collections of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities located in the Sully Wing on the ground floor and first floor
- Or take a private tour “Ramses II in Paris”, and take a closer look at the Luxor obelisk at Place de la Concorde
- Wander through Paris in search of nineteenth-century Egyptomania works made following Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign; like the four sphinxes of the Fontaine du Châtelet, or take the Passage du Caire, the rue du Nil or the rue d’Alexandrie or even go to the cinema Le Luxor (Paris10th)!
