European Night of Museums

If France is now the beating heart of the European Museum Night, it is worth remembering that it was in Germany that the first event of the same kind took place. In 1997, in Berlin, on the aptly named Museum Island, the Lange Nacht der Musen took place. The response and success of this event was such that the French Ministry of Culture wanted to replicate the event in 1999 under the name "Printemps des musées". French museums were invited to open their doors to the public free of charge on a...