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During the two weeks of school holidays, the departmental teams open the doors of the Maison du Grand site and the Prehistory Museum to provide children (and adults) with unique, privileged moments. Moments to share with family or friends!
Be careful for certain events, reserve your places now. Others are freely accessible!
All children must be accompanied by an adult Online reservation: rochedesolutre.com
PLANETARIUM at the Maison du Grand site
Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 December 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. From 8 years old
Duration: 45min
Price: €5 child, €7 adult
A planetarium session is an enriching and fun immersive experience, a journey during which you will cross the solar system, fly over the strange worlds orbiting gas giants, sail through the sea of suns, dive into the heart of nebulae colorful and maybe you will even try to come close to a black hole! Enough to discover, understand the universe and be amazed by it. At the end of the session in the planetarium, make your constellascope.
BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY! House of the Great Site
Friday December 29, 2 p.m.
From 10 years old
Duration: 2 hours
Price: €5 child, €7 adult
Highlight your greeting card or bookmark like a medieval copyist monk. Applying gold leaf, creating a painting using natural pigments, coloring… Le Grand Site offers you an introduction to illumination techniques.
OUR CRADLE IN THE STARS, Maison du Grand site (exhibition)
From December 23 to January 7, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
All public Free, open access, without reservation
All the atoms of which we are made were created in the stars… Using magnificent photos from NASA and with the advice of astrophysicist Hubert Reeves (1932-2023), this exhibition evokes the link that unites us to the whole of cosmos, from the Big Bang to the appearance of life on earth. From the birth of stars in nebulae, to their death, the Sun, the solar system, the galaxies… will no longer have any secrets.
THE LITTLE LUTINS’ WALK “IN SEARCH OF THE STARS”, Maison du Grand site
Tuesday December 26, 3 p.m.
From 3 to 6 years
Duration: 1h30 Price: €5 child
By reservation Bonus: a small, friendly snack to share following the walk Each star tells a story. Be careful ! Throughout the walk, you may come face to face with one of them. And, if you have this chance, listen to his message! Get ready to complete challenges with your elf family.
THE LONG JOURNEY OF TARANDRO, House of prehistory
Wednesday December 27 and Tuesday January 2, 3 p.m. and 3:45 p.m.
From 3 to 6 years
Duration: 30min
Price: €5 child, €7 adult (museum entry included)
By reservation Bonus: a small, friendly snack to share following the story Close your eyes for a moment and immerse yourself in prehistoric times. You are ready ? The story is regarding to begin… Go with Tarandro and his family to the ice age for a long journey towards the great Rock of Solutré.
ORIGAMI “STARS AND ASTRONOMY”, Maison du Grand Site
Tuesday January 2, 11:15 a.m. (from 5 years old – duration: 1 hour) and 2:30 p.m. (from 8 years old – duration: 1:30 hours)
Duration: 1 hour Price: €5 child, €7 adult
By reservation Practice the Japanese art of folding paper with Carole Giboni. Then leave with your star-shaped origami.
“THE CARESS OF THE BUTTERFLY” BY THE THÉÂTRE DE CÉPHISE, Maison du Grand site (show)
Wednesday January 3 and Thursday January 4, 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
From 4 years old
Duration: 45min Price: €5/person
By reservation
It’s the sweet and poetic story of a little boy, Nino, who goes looking for his missing grandmother, Mamita. His grandfather, Papito, doesn’t know what to say to him. Then the child escapes into his imagination. He evokes his grandmother with a series of animals, from the maggot to the whale, but each prefers to complain regarding their life, dreaming of being something other than what they are. But who is this butterfly that flies around him, light as a caress? This puppet show made from recycled materials evokes the way in which our loved ones remain alive and well, even following their disappearance.
VENUS AND ORNAMENTS FROM THE FUNDS OF TIME, Museum of Prehistory
Wednesday January 3, 2 p.m.
From 6 years old
Duration: 45min Price: €5 child, €7 adult (museum entry included)
By reservation
Explore the Women of Prehistory exhibition and marvel at the multitude of Venuses and female reproductions from the Paleolithic. Then, make your prehistoric-inspired ornament as a family with pearls, shells and other paleocompatible materials.
3D CREATION, Museum of Prehistory
Thursday, December 28, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Continuously
From 6 years old
Museum entrance fee
Free access, without reservation
Want to make a fun card on the theme of prehistory? A mammoth or a cave lion in 3D? Express your creativity and have a great time with your family at the Prehistory Museum! You will leave with your creation.
VISIT TO THE ICE AGE, Museum of Prehistory
Thursday January 4, 2 p.m.
From 6 years old
Duration: 45min
Price: €5 child, €7 adult (museum entry included)
By reservation
Are you all bundled up? Go back in time to the Ice Age and come across Many the woolly mammoth, reindeer, cave lions, Neanderthals and our Cro-Magnon ancestor who had to use cunning to adapt to these temperatures without putting a rhino outside , unless it is woolly.
“THE HEAD IN THE STARS”, Musée du Grand site
Friday January 5, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Starting from 7 years old
Duration: 1h30 Price: €5 child, €7 adult
By reservation
Observed and illustrated since the dawn of time, constellations and stars are the source of numerous legends and interpretations. Learn how to guide yourself in our starry sky thanks to the tales and legends of our celestial heroes, the presentation of the starry sky, the drawings of constellations or even, the creation of a star finder.
MUSEUM AT WILL!, Museum of Prehistory
Sunday January 7, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Continuously
Free
Without reservation
The Prehistory Museum is free every first Sunday of the month. Let yourself be taken back to Prehistory! And, the icing on the cake, meet one of our mediators to answer your questions.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
All children must be accompanied by an adult Activities may be canceled or modified depending on weather conditions
Online reservation rochedesolutre.com unless otherwise stated
OPENING
MAISON DU GRAND SITE: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
PREHISTORY MUSEUM: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Closing on December 25, 2023 and January 1, 2024
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