[JEP] Exceptional Opening of the Bordeaux Métropole Archives

European Heritage Days 2026 GUIDED TOURS • Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20 - Building Behind the Scenes at the Bordeaux Métropole Archives Discover the Bordeaux Métropole Archives building and its preserved collections. Duration: 50 minutes. Tours depart every 30 minutes from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Registration on site. • Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20 at 4:15 p.m. - Exhibition Discover the exhibition “Ensembles, Social Housing in the Bordeaux Metropolitan Area, 1890–2010” Duration: 1 hour. Registration required through the visitor services department at [email protected] EXHIBITIONS Self-guided visits • Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. - “Ensembles, Social Housing in the Bordeaux Metropolitan Area, 1890–2010” Around one hundred documents, films, models, and objects trace 120 years of the history and evolution of social housing in the Bordeaux metropolitan area. - “In the Footsteps of Jean Dupas” A selection of documents highlighting several key events in the artist’s career in Bordeaux. HIGHLIGHTS • Saturday, September 19 from 7 p.m. Escape Game – The Mystery of the Missing Document The countdown has begun. In just a few hours, the closing ceremony of the European Heritage Days will begin at the Metropolitan Archives. But a problem threatens the entire evening: the event’s centerpiece document has disappeared. Despite a full day of searching, no one has managed to find it. Now it is your turn to step in. Explore the Archives, meet the witnesses, decipher the clues, and discover what really happened to the missing document. Every minute counts. You are their last chance. Adults and children aged 8 and over 2 sessions at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. 30 to 50 players per session, divided into teams of 5. Game time: 45 minutes Designed by Urban Quest Registration required through the visitor services department at [email protected] • Sunday, September 20, from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Photogram Workshop Draw inspiration from a selection of photographs from the 1900s held in the Rataboul collection to create your own photograms with Labophoto, révélateur d'images. This is an opportunity to experiment with creating a photographic image without a camera by placing images on a photosensitive surface. Open to all Groups of 6 every 30 minutes

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