Exhibition "Marie-Curie: a high school in war"

Name: Exhibition "Marie-Curie: a high school in war"
Start: 2023-09-16T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T23:00:00+02:00
Location: Cité scolaire Marie-Curie

This exhibition, organized by the Musée du Lycée Marie-Curie association, evokes the period of the Second World War when the Lycée Lakanal took refuge in Marie-Curie (1939-1940), then Marie-Curie…

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Registration from 1 September 2023 at the tourist office (Jardin de la ménagerie, 70 Rue Houdan 92330 Sceaux)

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01 46 61 19 03

This exhibition, organized by the association of the Lycée Marie-Curie Museum, evokes the period of the Second World War when the Lakanal high school took refuge in Marie-Curie (1939-1940), then Marie-Curie in Lakanal (1940-44). Through the figures of the director Suzanne Forfer, professors such as Alice Pick, struck by the status of the Jews, and Anne-Marie Warin, wife of a resister who died in deportation, but also photos and testimonies of students. Exhibition presented in the public space from September 16 to November 5, 2023.

About the location

Cité scolaire Marie-Curie

1 Rue Constant Pilate 92330 Sceaux

Hauts-de-Seine
Île-de-France

Due to the lack of a higher education for girls, the construction of a high school was envisaged in 1936 by the Ministry of National Education. In 1931, architect Brunet began construction work. Inaugurated in June 1937 by Jean Zay, Minister of National Education, the school is named after Marie Curie, who lived in Sceaux. At its opening, after the Second World War, the high school welcomed about 500 students. Today, the city includes college, high school and preparatory classes, with 1,800 students. The city with functionalist architecture of the 1930s is included in the inventory of historical monuments.