Saturday 23 May, 19:00, 21:00

May 2026

Saturday 23
- 19:00 - 20:00
- 21:00 - 22:00

Musée Sainte-Croix

61 rue Saint-Simplicien, 86000 Poitiers, France

Vienne

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Tulip Jazz

Name: Tulip Jazz
Start: 2026-05-23T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-23T22:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée Sainte-Croix

Let yourself be enchanted by the velvet jazz and glamorous standards of Tulip Jazz

Saturday 23 May, 19:00, 21:00

©Musées de Poitiers

Be enchanted by velvet jazz and the glamourous standards of Tulip Jazz

May 2026

Saturday 23
- 19:00 - 20:00
- 21:00 - 22:00

Additionnal information

Manifestation

Nuit Européenne des Musées

About the location

Musée Sainte-Croix

61 rue Saint-Simplicien, 86000 Poitiers, France

Vienne

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Regional archaeology has been discussed since prehistoric times. From the Palaeolithic period, the strange engravings of the Grotte de la Marche occupy a special place in Magdalenian art. One will also notice the richness of the furniture coming from neolithic burials, interesting «deposits» of the Bronze Age, as well as some examples of protohistoric ceramics with anthropomorphic decoration. Some Roman walls preserved on site recall that this district of Limonum did not cease to be occupied in Antiquity. Mile markers, inscriptions, epitaphs found in the rampart of the Lower Empire introduce us to the city of the Pictons. Under the protective gaze of Minerva, the religion and daily life of the Gallo-Romans are evoked. The funerary rites are evoked by the discovery of Antran and by a collection of glasses from Poitou necropolises. From late Antiquity and the High Middle Ages testify carved sarcophagi and the rare stucco decoration of Vouneuil-sous-Biard. A beautiful series of sculptures