Children’s meeting: animations around the exhibition «Samurai. Myth, worship and culture»

Name: Children’s meeting: animations around the exhibition «Samurai. Myth, worship and culture»
Start: 2022-09-18T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Abbaye des Prémontrés

The Premonstratensian Abbey welcomes children from 4 to 12 years old, to explore different aspects of the exhibition through manual activities and play.

Sunday 18 September 2022, 10:00, 14:00Passed

Conditions

Free. Families are free to come and go to the workshops during business hours. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

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Guided by facilitators, children can engage in one or more activities. The opportunity to immerse yourself in the Japanese culture between origami, calligraphy, haiku (short Japanese poems), coloring koinobori (carp banners), board games in partnership with Blue Orange, and printing prints from a linocut.
In parallel, an animation will be offered by Rei Hayashimoto. Professional calligrapher, she will carry out 3 workshops of 30 minutes for children from 6 years: at 10:00, 10:45 and 11:30.
Rei Hayashimoto will also be present in the afternoon from 2pm to 4pm near the Samurai exhibition. She will calligraphy the given names on request, the opportunity to discover the lightness of the brush and admire the beauty of the gesture of this traditional Japanese art.

About the location

Abbaye des Prémontrés

9 rue Saint-Martin, 54700 Pont-à-Mousson

Meurthe-et-Moselle
Grand Est

The Premonstratensian Abbey, a historic monument of the 18th century, is considered one of the finest examples of monastic architecture in Lorraine. Built between 1705 and 1735, the abbey has a long and eventful history. Formerly monastery of the canons of the order Premonstratensians until the French Revolution, then Small Diocesan Seminary in the nineteenth century, it became a civilian hospital in 1912 and military during the two World Wars. In September 1944, the building was heavily hit by bombing and left in ruins for almost 20 years. Thanks to the commitment of some fervent heritage advocates, the monument was saved from destruction and restored in its entirety by the end of the 1950s. The only part that was not touched, the choir, was the subject of a major restoration project from 2014 to 2019, bringing back to life a sumptuous baroque decor.

Since 1964, the Abbey has been entirely managed by a 1901 non-profit organization which gives it a new lease of life by transforming it into a Cultural Center, which is now visited by nearly 90,000 visitors a year. Throughout the year, the Premonstratensian Abbey presents a rich and varied cultural program mixing art exhibitions, theater, conferences, thematic events and gastronomic encounters.