The Maison Jean Vilar, the permanent exhibition ‘The Keys to the Avignon Festival’
€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
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Physical disability
Most of the exhibition spaces at Maison Jean Vilar are accessible to people with reduced mobility
- Stroller
Permanent exhibition "Les clés du festival"
From 5 Jul 2025 to 31 Dec 2030
Free
Discover the great adventure of the Avignon Festival!
With the exhibition Les Clés du Festival, go all year long to discover this great collective adventure through an immersive journey in the heart of the archives of the Maison Jean Vilar and the collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Photographs, films, sound recordings, posters, programs, notes and unpublished correspondences, iconic decorations, original drawings, models and legendary costumes!
This exhibition invites you to the heart of the creations that made the great hours of the Festival: from Jean Vilar's Prince of Homburg to Peter Brook's Mahabharata, Thomas Jolly's Thyeste to Saigon by Caroline Guiela Nguyen, Thomas Ostermeier's creations, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Rébecca Chaillon and d'Angelica Liddell.
8, rue de Mons
84000 Avignon