Until Sunday, October 02, 2022, the Natural History Museum of Lille welcome the exhibition “Utopia at the Museum / Perceiving Nature”.
The exhibition “Utopia at the Museum / Perceiving Nature”
On the occasion of the season Utopia de lille3000, le Natural History Museum of Lille will question our relationship to nature and will offer the vision of possible new modes of society celebrating the biodiversity. Thus, you will be able to: realize, of sensitive way et collaborative, of the different perceptions who exist in nature, and so see the World through the eyes of animals, with the Zooscope; get to know the Blob, cet unicellular living being, neither animal, nor vegetable, nor fungus, belonging to the family of amoebas, raised in the Museum and showing a form of unexpected intelligence…; discover an exhibition-dossier honoring the scientific representation work of the extinct tree species, with in particular the discovery of the illustration works of Madeleine Aimé. Of the meetings, evenings et workshops will also come illustrate these themes and will allow you to think differently regarding tomorrow, et envision a world where the human is reconciled with the living.
The Growth Potential par Hadrien Tequi
May 14 > July 25, 2022
A Blob at the Museum
May 14 > October 02, 2022
Madeleine Almé, artists of possible forests
May 14 > October 02, 2022
Le Natural History Museum of Lille offers you workshops, of the visits, a conference and an movie night.
Every Sunday morning from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (except the 1st Sunday of the month)
Guided tour, the biodiversity of yesterday and today
From the biodiversity of the past to that of today, this guided tour offers an awareness of this very topical theme. Through its collections, the museum wants to be a key place to raise everyone’s awareness of the challenges of protecting and balancing this biodiversity.
Rates: entrance fees + 2€ Reservation : https://billetterie-musees.lille.fr/fr-FR/accueil
1 Wednesday per month, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (August 17 & September 21, 2022)
Ferns… a forest! – Adult-child duo workshop (children aged 3 to 6)
In connection with the exhibition of drawings by the scientific illustrator Madeleine Aime, creates a composition using fern prints, inspired by Carboniferous forests! You can even bring back leaves that you picked yourself! Rates: 6€/duo (+3€/additional person) – museum entrances included Reservation : https://billetterie-musees.lille.fr/fr-FR/accueil
1 Saturday per month, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (August 20 and 27 & September 24, 2022)
Labo’blob – scientific workshop – adult-child duo workshop (children aged 7 to 12)
What is this yellow being that arrived at the museum? Find out everything you need to know regarding the blob and research and put on your scientific coats! Observation, hypotheses and experimentation, a good way to discover the blob as a family before perhaps adopting one at home? Rates: 6€/duo (+3€/additional person) – museum entrances included Reservation : https://billetterie-musees.lille.fr/fr-FR/accueil
September 24, 2022 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Animate your blob – From 11 years old
The blob has invaded the Natural History Museum of Lille! Using photos and videos from the Museum’s collections, come and discover in 2 hours different animation techniques (rotoscopy, cartoon) and animate your own creature image by image to create the perfect illusion! Restitution of the creations and the invasion of the blob at the Museum during the Utopia closing weekend… With the Rencontres Audiovisuelles Rates: 6€/person (entrance to the museum included) Reservation : https://billetterie-musees.lille.fr/fr-FR/accueil
Wednesday mornings, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. (August 24, August 31, September 14 & September 28, 2022)
Flip’blob – For children aged 7 to 12
Grow a blob that comes out of your imagination at lightning speed by making your own flipbook, a small booklet of drawings that represent a moving scene! Rates: 6€/person (entrance to the museum included) Reservation : https://billetterie-musees.lille.fr/fr-FR/accueil
Saturday 17 September, at 3 p.m. / Amphitheater
Small conferences: “What if animals wrote? » by Vinciane Despret – For all, from 10 years old
Can monkeys really sing? What are rats interested in in experiments? Why do we say that cows do nothing?
Through his book “What would animals say if we asked them the right questions…? » (La Découverte editions), Vinciane Despretphilosopher, author and researcher, asks 26 questions that challenge our received ideas regarding what animals do, want and even “think”, and recounts the amusing or amazing adventures that have happened to animals and the researchers who work with them , but also to breeders, zoo keepers and trainers…
As part of the Petites Conférences, created by Giberte Tsaï, Bayard editions.
Rates: free, without reservation
Friday, September 30, 2022 at 8:30 p.m. – Duration 1 hour 30 minutes
“The Blob” Cine Evening – For everyone, from 10 years old (recommended)
Discover the film that gave Physarum polycephalum its famous nickname “Blob”. Very representative of American horror cinema of the 1950s, this independent film was also a drive-in classic, with Steve McQueen in one of his first film roles. (Re)discover this film with kindly kitsch special effects, although impressive for the time!
Synopsis
A meteorite crashes a few kilometers from the city of Downingtown. Curious to see what she looks like, Steve Andrews and Jane Martin come running. If they find a still smoking crater, they quickly realize that the rock from outer space contained a monster, a slimy and hungry entity whose rapid growth soon poses a threat to all inhabitants of the region.
Prices : 5€ / 3.5€ / free – Reservations recommended Reservation : https://billetterie-musees.lille.fr/fr-FR/accueil
Practical information Natural History Museum of Lille
23, rue Gosselet – Lille Schedule :
– Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
– Saturday & Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
– closed on Tuesdays
Prices : 5€ / 3,50€ Website of the Natural History Museum of Lille
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