Old postcard workshops

Name: Ateliers cartes postales anciennes
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T12:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée de l’Ermitage du Calvaire

Compose your postcard of Megève, from the collection of old postcards of the Archives of Megève.

Samedi 17 septembre 2022, 10h00Passé

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Mairie de Megève

You will explore in this workshop the landscapes, the alpine pastures, the emblematic buildings, the streets of Megève over the decades. You will compose your own postcard by the technique of cutting/pasting through a selection. - "Tell your story" in postcards - Workshop «Redrawing the light of the past» - Composition of postcards by the technique of collage, puzzles.

À propos du lieu

Musée de l’Ermitage du Calvaire

Montée du Calvaire 74120 Megève

Haute-Savoie
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

This small museum traces the history of the construction of Le Calvaire illustrated by a collection of old postcards. A multimedia station allows a virtual tour of the chapels. New for 2015: a room dedicated to the restoration of the site by architect Philippe Allart. For this summer 2015, the postcard room gives way to a painting competition on the theme of the chapels of Le Calvaire: 28 artists will exhibit their work with a public vote from August 3 to 7, 2015\. Awards ceremony on 8 August. Information: [musees@megeve.fr](mailto:musees@megeve.fr) Built between 1840 and 1878, Le Calvaire is the work of a man, Father Ambroise Martin (1791-1863), parish priest of Megève from 1820 to his death. Composed of 14 chapels and oratories tracing the Passion of Christ, the Calvary of Megève is included in the Supplementary Inventory of Historical Monuments since 1988 and is included in the European Inventory of the Sacred Mountains. Extensive restoration work, carried out between 2001 and 2011,