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The wonderfully creative Arlésien designer Christian Lacroix has been given free rein to choose items from the museums of Avignon for ‘Mirabilis’, the summer show.  And ‘marvellous’ it surely will be: visitors can see 350 to 400 works, documents and collections, from prehistory to ethnic collections to modern art, in unusual groupings of works of art from Avignon museums.

Le Petit Palais, Avignon – one of the museums involved

The idea is to take a new and different look at the history of collections in Avignon in a show designed like an itinerary, with spectacular setting of the Great Chapel in the Palais des Papes as the starting point. At each step along the way, one or several works from different museums will be displayed.

Expect the unexpected!

Friday 29 June to Tuesday 15 January. For more information, please visit the website http://www.avignon.fr/ma-ville/culture-et-tourisme/avignon-musees/ or send an email to officetourisme@avignon-tourisme.com

In another visitor-friendly move, the mayor has declared all municipal museums in Avignon free to visit.

Opening times…..
– Palais des Papes open every day: June 9am-7pm; July 9am-8pm; August 9am-8:30pm; 1 Sept to 1 Nov 9am-7pm; 2 Nov to 15 Jan 9:30am-5:45pm. Last tickets are sold 1 hour before these closing times.

– Petit Palais Museum and Calvet Museum, open every day except Tuesday: 10am-1pm/2pm-6pm, closed 25 Dec. and 1 Jan.

– Musée Lapidaire (archaeology museum), open every day except Monday: 10am to 1pm/2pm to 6pm. -18h, closed 25 Dec. and 1 Jan.

– Requien Museum and Palais du Roure, open Tuesday to Saturday: 10am-1pm/2pm-6pm, closed 25 Dec. and 1 Jan.

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