Hôtel Départemental des Expositions du Var
Located in a 19th-century building in the heart of Draguignan, the Hôtel départemental des Expositions du Var presents two exhibitions a year about history and civilisations designed in partnership with national and international museum institutions. It offers guided tours, workshops, and conferences for everyone.
Located in a 19th-century building in the heart of Draguignan, the Hôtel départemental des Expositions du Var presents two exhibitions a year about history and civilisations designed in partnership with national and international museum institutions. It offers guided tours, workshops, and conferences for everyone.
Programme
Gardens and palaces of the Orient
The exhibition is part of an exceptional partnership with the Louvre Museum. A journey through the gardens, palaces, kiosks and mausoleums of the Near East, from the Iberian Peninsula to the Indian subcontinent, the exhibition evokes an initiatory stroll through these sumptuous living spaces. The dialogue between the garden and the palace, between interior and exterior spaces, between the apparent and the hidden, features masterpieces from the permanent collections of the Department of Islamic Art, while two original works of contemporary art examine current concerns in relation to this theme.
GHOSTS
The exhibition bears witness to the universality of ghosts across civilisations, but also to the great variety of ways in which they have been represented over time and space. Nearly 300 objects, from archaeological finds to contemporary creations, illustrate this diversity from around the world, thanks to the participation of more than 50 museums and collections, including the Musée d'Orsay, the Musée d'Archéologie de Marseille, MACVAL, CNAP, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Hamburger Kunsthalle and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal.
Access
HDE Var
1, boulevard Maréchal Foch
83300 Draguignan
hdevar.fr
Monday to Sunday, 10am-7pm.
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