The Maison Jean Vilar, the permanent exhibition ‘The Keys to the Avignon Festival’

Museums & Monuments included in the Pass

€7.00 Free with the Pass!

Come and discover an essential part of Avignon's history through an original exhibition dedicated to its internationally renowned Festival !

 

In an immersive journey of images, documents and exceptional treasures, discover the great adventure of the Festival d'Avignon from its origins to the present day, from its fundamentals to the works and artists who have marked its history. 

Horaires d'ouverture
  • Outside the Avignon Festival and August: Tuesday to Saturday, 2pm to 6pm.
  • During the Avignon Festival: every day, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
  • In August: Tuesday to Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Closed on Mondays and Sundays, from 8 June to 3 July, on 26 and 27 July, 1 November, 11 November and from 25 December to 1 January inclusive.

Accessibility

  • Disabled

  • Physical disability

    Most of the exhibition spaces at Maison Jean Vilar are accessible to people with reduced mobility

  • Stroller

EXTRA INSTALLATIONS! The Avignon Festival in five shows

From 10 Dec 2025 to 30 May 2026

Free

‘Des lieux extra ! Faire du théâtre de tout, faire du théâtre partout’ (Extraordinary places! Make theatre out of everything, make theatre everywhere) and Le Pouvoir des fleurs (The Power of Flowers) are two artistic, heritage and participatory projects that invite the residents of Avignon to discover the Festival's venues and shows.

Through exploring archives and practising photography, theatre, linocut, watercolour and collage, participants were encouraged to embrace this heritage and learn about the unique artistic languages and worlds featured in the Festival programme. To do so, they were accompanied by artists Thomas Bohl, Marie Darodes, Pauline Tralongo and the Maâloum Company.

This installation-based presentation is also an opportunity to showcase five iconic Festival d'Avignon shows in a new way. Come and discover or rediscover Pascal Rambert's Gilgamesh, Pina Bausch's Nelken, Michael Lonsdale's La Vie Mode d'Emploi, Champ d'expériences premier by the Ilotopie collective, and Marcos Mauro's Sonoma...

All these unique artistic adventures have helped to write the history of this extraordinary Festival!

Maison Jean Vilar
2, rue de Mons
84000 Avignon