The Musée de Minéralogie Mines Paris - PSL and the Fonds de Dotation Verrecchia are delighted to announce the opening of the exhibition Romance in the Stone: De la Roche à l'OEuvre. This exceptional exhibition will run from October 23 to December 14, 2024, and features a dialogue between contemporary artistic creations and the museum's exceptional mineral collection.
Preserved in its historic 19th-century setting, each year the museum enriches its program with temporary exhibitions that take a contemporary scientific, cultural and artistic look at the mineral kingdom.
Romance in the Stone: De la Roche à l'OEuvre brings together the winners of the Matière(s) Grant from the Verrecchia Endowment Fund, whose work directly resonates with the museum's mineral collection in terms of color, form and materiality.
Through their singular languages, the creative and narrative potential of this raw and complex material is revealed, as much as its narrative and emotional power.
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The Mineralogy Museum of the School of Mines dedicates three display cases to the gems from the French Crown Jewels, which entered the collection in 1887. This permanent exhibit will offer the public collections of emeralds, pink topazes and amethystes, along with their fascinating history. Learn more about this exhibit here!
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Musée de Minéralogie
Mines Paris - PSL
60 boulevard Saint Michel
75006 Paris
OPENING HOURS FROM AUGUST 13th:
TUESDAY: 10am - 12pm and 1:30pm - 6pm.
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY: 1:30pm - 6pm
SATURDAY: 10am - 12:30pm and 2pm - 5pm
Closed on National Holidays, Sundays and Mondays
NEXT CLOSING DAYS:
Exceptionnally closed on Saturday August 17, 2024
Mines Paris - PSL will be closed during the Olympic Games. For this reason, the museum will also be closed from SATURDAY JULY 20 UNTIL MONDAY AUGUST 12, 2024.
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