Program
Villa Vauban
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Villa VaubanWorkshop for children: Night Impressions17H00 – 23H00 (ongoing, multilingual)During the Nuit des Musées 2023, our youngest visitors will have the opportunity to discover the Villa Vauban from a completely new perspective. Children are invited to colour their own Villa Vauban with tiny dots of paint in a nocturnal atmosphere. Let the creativity shine!
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Villa VaubanStrolling concert: David Ascani & Sebastian 'Schlapbe' Flach20H00 | 21H00 | 22H00 | 23H00Saxophonist David Ascani and double bassist Sebastian 'Schlapbe' Flach blend melody and groove in a harmonious interplay. For more than a decade, the two have been making music together, continually exploring fresh musical horizons. The focus of this acoustic duo lies on virtuosic and unforgettable melodies.
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Villa Vauban'Coup de cœur' with Jill Lallemang18H00 & 20H00 (LU)Four years ago, her passion for podcasts started with 'Paus.', and since 2021, Jill Lallemang has regularly gone on blind dates with a microphone for the Lëtzebuerger Journal: the Germanist, cultural scientist and pedagogue meets more or less well-known guests in the framework of '(On)bekannt' to talk to them unprepared about all kinds of things – thematic digressions, dangerous half-knowledge and exciting stories included.
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Villa VaubanGuided tours of the exhibition 'In the splendor of Impressionism? Dominique Lang (1874–1919) and his contemporaries'18H30 & 23H00 (FR) | 17H15 & 20H30 (LU/DE) | 22H30 (EN)Lang is considered Luxembourg’s most important (late) Impressionist. After his early Symbolist work, Lang turned to Impressionism from around 1909: the painterly gesture, use of light and colour became more important than the subject matter. He painted numerous landscapes, portraits and scenes of everyday life, mostly in the surroundings of his home in southern Luxembourg (Dudelange, Schifflange, Bettemburg). In parallel, paintings by Lang’s contemporaries and artist friends (C. Lambert, F. Seimetz) are shown. Works by artists from the Greater Region as well as a small selection of French painters illustrate the varieties of the Impressionist painting style in a broader context.
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Villa VaubanGuided tours of the exhibition 'A stroll through art. European painting and sculpture, 17th–19th century'19H30 (FR) | 21H30 (LU/DE) | 23H30 (EN)With more than 100 paintings and 14 sculptures, Villa Vauban’s permanent exhibition takes visitors on a journey through three centuries of artistic creation: from the 17th-century Netherlands to Italian dreamscapes and French painting around 1850. In addition to styles, art periods and numerous masterpieces, there are small formats and miniatures to discover, as well as the spectacular acquisitions of Jean-Pierre Pescatore, benefactor of the City of Luxembourg, on the occasion of the auction of King William II of the Netherlands’ collection in 1850. The great diversity of subjects and artistic styles is conveyed at the beginning of the tour in the form of an immersive video projection that transports visitors into the atmosphere of the paintings they will discover on their stroll through art.
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Villa VaubanSpecial guided tours: The Villa Vauban and its sculpture park17H30 (LU) | 19H00 (EN), 60 min.The Villa Vauban, Art Museum of the City of Luxembourg, is located in the middle of a park designed by Édouard André (1840–1911), one of the main landscape artists of his time, and reconstituted in its original form. Discover the park and its sculptures during a guided tour.
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Villa VaubanSpecial guided tours: Meet the masters21H00, 22H45 & 23H45 (FR)Discover some of the Grand Masters of our collection: Pieter Jacobs Codde, Cornelis Pietersz, Bega, Eugène Delacroix, Barend Cornelius Koekkoek, Narcisse Berchère.
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Villa VaubanSpecial guided tours: Discovery of the casemates in the park of the Villa Vauban18H00, 20H00 & 22H00 (multilingual)Remember to bring a small flashlight! The visit begins in the park of Villa Vauban.
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Villa VaubanCulinary Night at the Villa VaubanongoingLa Guinguette : During the Nuit des Musées 2023, you have the opportunity to take a culinary break in the park of Villa Vauban. Enjoy – freshly made – delicious snacks and drinks from our food cottage. Take pleasure in a culinary time-out in the midst of the cultural richness of this special night.
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Villa VaubanDrinks by « Benoît & Claude viticulteurs »ongoingBenoît & Claude Viticulteurs are a small, family-run winery located in the vineyards of Remich. During the Nuit des Musées, you can find them at the Villa Vauban for a glass of 'roude Fiederwäissen', a first taste of the 2023 wines.
- Photo credits
Photo 1: © Marion Dessard / Les 2 Musées de la Ville de Luxembourg
Photo 2: © Eric Engel
Photo 3: © Jill Lallemang
Photo 4: © Marion Dessard / Les 2 Musées de la Ville de Luxembourg
Photo 5: © Christof Weber / Les 2 Musées de la Ville de Luxembourg
Photo 6: © Christof Weber / Les 2 Musées de la Ville de Luxembourg
Photo 7: © Les 2 Musées de la Ville de Luxembourg
Photo 8: © Marco Bello
Photo 9: © Benoît & Claude Viticulteurs
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
- OPENING HOURS
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14 OCTOBER 2023, FROM 17H00 TO 01H00
- PARTICIPATING MUSEUMS AND ART CENTERS
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Villa Vauban – Musée d’Art de la Ville de Luxembourg
Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain
Lëtzebuerg City Museum
Nationalmusée um Fëschmaart
Musée national d’histoire naturelle – ‘natur musée’
Musée Dräi Eechelen
Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean
- ENTRANCE TICKETS
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– PRE-SALE START ON 18 SEPTEMBER 2023
Until 14 October (14h00): in all participating museums & at the Luxembourg City Tourist Office
Until 13 October (18h30) : on site at luxembourgticket
Until 10 October (18h30) : online at luxembourgticket.lu
Adults: 10€
Youth (16-26): 3€
<16 years old: 0€
Kulturpass: 0€
Amis des Musées & Frënn vum ‘natur musée’: 0€
– EVENING BOX OFFICES IN ALL PARTICIPATING MUSEUMS
Adults: 15€
Youth (16-26): 7€
< 16 years old: 0€
Kulturpass: 0€
Amis des Musées & Frënn vum ‘natur musée’: 0€
EVENING BOX OFFICES CLOSE AT 00H30
- PROGRAMME
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Detailed programme: Click on the icons of the museums above
Programme overview: Scroll further down
- SHUTTLES & TRANSPORTATION
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The 7 museums can be explored by foot, by bicycle or – in order to facilitate the nightly tour – with the free shuttle busses that are available in addition to public transport throughout the evening. You can also use the free public transport to get into the city, and for your return benefit from the various Night Bus services, offered by multiple municipalities, so that you do not have to rely on your own car. Further information: www.mobiliteit.lu
- SUSTAINABILITY
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The Museum Night 2023 has received the logo ‘Mir engagéieren eis’ for its environmentally responsible organisation. The logo is awarded by the Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development in the framework of the ‘Green Events’ project. More information on: greenevents.lu
We are committed to taking the following measures:
- Reducing printed material: our communications have been redesigned and the evening programme is now available exclusively online.
- Eco-logical printed materials! For our flyers and posters, we're printing in an environmentally-friendly way, using climate-neutral production and recycled paper that has been certified "Blue Angel", made from 100% waste paper. This means that no trees had to be felled for production and that its manufacture saves up to 70% of water and 60% of energy compared to paper made from virgin fibres. This choice of paper will also help our printing company to finance forest reforestation projects in Europe.
- In addition to free public transport, special shuttle buses will be circulating between the seven museums throughout the evening. Click above for the shuttle timetable. In addition to the historic buses – the traditional shuttles for the Museum Night for several years now – 100% electric mini-buses have being added to our offer. Take advantage of the free public transport to get to Luxembourg-City. You can also use the free public transport to get Luxembourg-City, and for your return benefit from the various Night Bus services, offered by multiple municipalities, so that you do not have to rely on your own car. Further information: www.mobiliteit.lu
- Recycling stations on site make it easy to sort the rubbish.- A partly regional, local and organic culinary offer with vegetarian and vegan dishes
- Increased use of reusable tableware than last year
- Our partners waive the distribution of gadgets and single-use promotional items during the event. - SAY CHEESE !
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Photos and videos of the activities and audience may be taken throughout the event. They will then be used across different channels for communication purposes. If you do not wish for your children or yourself to appear on these photos, please make this known at the information desk.
PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
Print workshop for adults (>01H00)
Musical performance: Da Capo Quartet
Sproochelabyrinth an Asteroidequiz (> 01H00)
Moon Rover Sensation, self-drive activity (> 01H00)
Interactive workshop: Wild Nightlife (> 01H00)
Tour: collection & casemates of Fort Thüngen (FR)
Discovery of the casemates (multilingual)
Reading for children 'Den Emil an d’Maschinn' (FR)
'Coup de cœur' with Lukas Held (LU/DE)
Guided tours of the exhibitions (EN)
Choraoke unplugged
'Coup de cœur' with Jill Lallemang (LU)
Discovery of the casemates (multilingual)
"Lëtz’ talk Art" (EN)
Guided tour 'Meet the masters' (FR)
Discovery of the casemates (multilingual)
Guided tour 'Best of Posters' (EN)
Guided tour 'In the splendor of Impressionism?' (FR)
