Matrimoine Days - Guided tour around Alsatian and Strasbourg women

Name: Las jornadas del matrimonio - Visita guiada en torno a las mujeres alsacianas y de Estrasburgo
Start: 2022-09-17T10:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T16:15:00+02:00
Location: Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg

Thanks to this visit, discover or rediscover the city of Strasbourg through the history of Alsatian women!

17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed

©Osez le féminisme 67 !

Thanks to this visit, discover or rediscover the city of Strasbourg through the history of Alsatian women!

This tour through the city center will allow you to know extraordinary women such as Adélaide Hautval, deported to Auschwitz and recognized "Just among the nations"; Louise Scheppler, inventor of the kindergarten or Katia Krafft, volcanologist carried by a fiery cloud on the slopes of Mount Unzen in Japan.
Often invisibilized by history and in the public space, let us reveal together on this occasion the legacy left by these women: our matrimoine.
See you Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 and 14:30 in front of the University Library, 6 Place de la République in Strasbourg.
Spot the white flags «Dare Feminism» and follow them for a matrimonal visit!
The visit is free, goodies will be on sale at the end of the visit to support the association.

About the location

Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg

6 place de la République, 67000 Strasbourg

Bas-Rhin
Grand Est

After four working years, the historic building(ship) of the national and university Library of Strasbourg reopened to the public on November 24th, 2014\. The large-scale construction site(work), confided(entrusted) to the agency Nicolas Michelin and Partner, changed entirely the internal spaces of the library(bookcase), while keeping(preserving) and by restoring its outer envelope of 1895\. Stakes were numerous: modernisation of spaces and services(departments) to the public, accessibility enlarged, put in safety(security) of the building(ship) and of collections, bets in free access of 150 000 volumes, development of a digital library, creation of an auditorium and of an exhibition hall in support for a science policy and cultural enriched... During European Heritage Days, the public spaces will be freely accessible(approachable) to all: the monumental staircase overhung by the dome in 27 metres in heights, the Republic reading room and its adjacent rooms offering a marvellous prospect(perspective) on the place(square) of the Republic, the Space heritage or else the Dome reading room. Guided tours will also allow, throughout weekend, to discover the wings of the library(bookcase) (modern and historic stores, visitables reserves, restoration workshops and workshops(studios) of digitization) and to deepen the understanding of the building(ship), of its architecture and its services(departments).