Exhibitions
18th October 2008 - 25th January 2009
« Le Port de 1840 à 1950 » (‘The Port from 1840 to 1950')
Musée Malraux, Le Havre
The Musée Malraux will be host to an important exhibition showcasing almost 160 works
centred around the theme of the port. This event will focus on the changes in the image of
the port during the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.
Musée Malraux
www.ville-lehavre.fr
Tel. +33 (0)2 35 19 62 62
4th April - 10th May
5th Worldwide Festival of Primitive Art
Verneuil-sur-Avre
This unique cultural event will showcase 1,200 works of primitive art (paintings, sculptures,
ceramics, tapestries, stone paintings) hailing from more than thirty different countries
(including Argentina, Belarussia, Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, England, Germany, Haiti,
Poland, Serbia, Senegal). This year the theme will be the ‘market' and the country of honour
will be Denmark.
Tel. +33 (0)2 32 17 17
1st May - 15th August
New Musée de Giverny
« Le Jardin de Monet à Giverny : L'invention d'un paysage» (‘Monet's Garden in
Giverny : the invention of a landscape')
It was only after his arrival in 1883 in Giverny that Claude Monet's career as a painter finally
began to take off. Initiator of the Impressionist movement, he was to become one of the
greatest painters of the 20th century and his garden in Giverny was at the heart of his work.
This inaugural exhibition brings together around thirty of Monet's works as well as paintings
of the Giverny garden by other artists with whom Monet became friends.
www.maag.org
1st May - 20th September
Christian Dior Museum, Granville
Exhibition on Marc Bohan (artistic director at the Christian Dior house from 1960 to 1989)
www.musee-dior-granville.com
16th May - 16th August
« Normandie Pittoresque » (‘Picturesque Normandie')
Rouen, Le Havre and Caen
Three exhibitions taking place simultaneously in three of Normany's main cities :
Picturesque and romantic Normandy - Musée des Beaux Arts, Rouen
Picturesque and monumental Normandy - Malraux Museum, Le Havre
Picturesque and contemporary Normandy - Musée des Beaux Arts, Caen
www.rouen-musees.com
June - October
« Deux siècles de Tourisme en Normandie » (‘Two Centuries of Tourism in Normandy')
Musée de Normandie, Caen
From its beginnings as a high-class holiday destination at the start of the 19th century to its
current status as France's top tourist region, with the chateaux of William the Conqueror, the abbeys of the Seine Valley, the Mont-St-Michel, the Bayeux Tapestry and the D-Day landing beaches, to name just a few well-known sites, this exhibition traces the evolution of tourism in Normandy, bringing together collections from across Normandy and the UK.
www.musee-de-normandie.caen
mdn@ville-caen.fr
Tel. +33 (0) 2 31 30 47 60
2nd November - 31st December
« Frontières » (‘Borders')
Mémorial de Caen
The Berlin Wall, which fell during the night of 9th-10th November 1989, remains the symbol of the division of the world during the Cold War. This exhibition not only deals with this historical event but also considers current examples of borders around the world - the borders of Europe, the stakes of immigration around the world, closed borders (North Korea), territory disputes (Kashmir), changing borders (Israel and Palestine), the economic impact of borders (Mexico and the USA), landless peoples (Europe's Romanies) and, finally, open
borders (the exile of refugees).
www.memorial-caen.fr