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Starting Wednesday, September 16, Université Paris Cité opens to the public France's first space dedicated to Covid-19 memorial. Located in the heart of the Latin Quarter, this unique venue offers an inaugural exhibition to reflect on this historic crisis, understand its impact on our lives, and discuss the challenges of tomorrow.
A Living and Evolving Memorial Space Inaugurated on May 28, 2026 by Institut Ad Memoriam at Université Paris Cité's Odéon headquarters, this site is France's first permanent space dedicated to Covid-19 memorial. Conceived at the initiative of anthropologist Laëtitia Atlani-Duault (president of Institut Ad Memoriam), this scientific and interdisciplinary space offers a place for reflection and dialogue on what the crisis revealed about our societies and the lessons to draw for the future in the face of health and humanitarian crises.
An Inaugural Exhibition to Rethink a Collective Experience Located on the first floor, the space unveils an inaugural exhibition designed by historian Georges Vigarello and anthropologist Laëtitia Atlani-Duault. The exhibition invites you to reflect on the profound transformations caused by the epidemic:
- the disruption of temporalities;
- the redefinition of spaces and distances;
- the way social ties were tested and reinvented.
The exhibition also places Covid-19 in a broader history of pandemics and questions how this individual and collective experience can be passed on to future generations. The Memorial Space will also host thematic exhibitions, currently being installed or prepared, curated by exhibition curators with diverse profiles.
Source: paris.fr — photo: Jean-Marie Dufour