Art and biodiversity at the museum

Name: Art and biodiversity at the museum
Start: 2022-09-17T14:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Musée des Beaux-Arts

In connection with the theme «Sustainable Heritage», the museum offers guided tours on the theme of biodiversity through a selection of works from the collection.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free. Booking required.

Registration

05 59 27 33 02 accueil.musee@ville-pau.fr

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In connection with the theme «Sustainable Heritage», the museum offers guided tours on the theme of biodiversity through a selection of works from the collection.

The Fontainebleau forest, a true natural heritage, classified as a UNESCO biosphere, with the work of Camille Corot, "Fontainebleau aux Gorges d'Apremont".
The specificities and importance of hu mide zones with the work of Jan Brueghel, «Entry into the Ark».
Questions of seasonality and pollination with Luca Forte’s «Still Life with Figs».
Water-related issues and threats to the agrobiodiversity of the Sahara oases with the work of Gustave Guillaumet, «La source du Figuier à Ain Kerma».
QR codes placed next to these works will also allow you to discover this theme autonomously.

About the location

Musée des Beaux-Arts

Rue Mathieu Lalanne, 64000 Pau

Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The Museum of Fine Arts offers a collection that is recognized around the world, especially by the large number of great masters, from the 15th to the 21st century. They represent all the European schools: Greco, Rubens, Largillière, Boudin, Morisot, Rodin, Corot, Doré, Bourdelle, Vasarely. And a major piece, Edgar Degas' masterpiece, “A Cotton Office in New Orleans”.
Two temporary annual exhibitions are on offer, such as the recent exhibition of lithographs and ceramics by Pablo Picasso, prints by Impressionist artists and abstract sculptures by Alberto Guzmán.
Throughout the year, the Museum of Fine Arts opens and becomes accessible to all. The teaching team offers a wide range of activities suitable for everyone. Adults, young people, families, school, people with disabilities, enjoy guided tours, conferences, workshops, meetings, screenings, theatre, concerts, shows, and other activities that bring this Museum to life, the second in Aquitaine by the quality of his works.