Young audience animation: family visit to the Ducal Palace and the art library

Name: Animation jeune public: visite famille du palais Ducal et de l'artothèque
Start: 2020-09-19T16:30:00+02:00
End: 2020-09-20T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Palais Ducal - Artothèque, espaces d'art contemporain

Discover the history of the Ducal Palace and the art library with your family!

19 et 20 septembre 2020Passé

In a fun way and accompanied by a mediator, discover the history of the Ducal Palace built in the fourteenth century. as well as the functioning of the art library and its collection.

À propos du lieu

Palais Ducal - Artothèque, espaces d'art contemporain

Impasse Duc Rollon, 14000 Caen

Calvados
Normandie

Built in the XIVth century, the Ducal palace served most probably to welcome the distinguished guests of the abbey to the Men(People). Altered in the course of the centuries, this building(ship) has served for a long time as warehouse before receiving(welcoming) to in the sixties, the Ecole Normale Supérieure(Teacher's training college) of Primary school teachers then returning in local heritage while the Ducal palace was unoccupied since about forty years. In 2009, the city of Caen decides to rehabilitate it to instal(settle) The Art library of Caen there. So, September 14th, 2013, on the occasion of European Heritage Days, The Art library, space of contemporary art, opens its doors to the Ducal palace, and inaugurates its new spaces of exhibition(exposure) and of loan of works.