
School
Discover the museums of Orléans with your classes! Learn to look at works of art and objects, understand their stories and mysteries, create and experiment during a workshop... So many ways to experience museums and make their collections your own!
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Visits to the Musée des Beaux-Arts
Some works on these itineraries may need to travel or be restored. Please do not hesitate to contact the Public Services Department for further information.
Cycle 1 (PS-MS-GS)

A work, a workshop
Workshop visit
Enter this great museum to discover a work of art. Observe it and, thanks to the explanations of a mediator, the chosen work will no longer hold any secrets for you! Then, in the museum's workshop, don your smock and experiment with a plastic technique to bring your own creation to life. The workshop visit lasts 1 or 1.5 hours, depending on the age of the children.

Storytelling mornings
Storytelling tour
With your class, listen to the stories created around the works of art and performed by storyteller Kristof Le Garff... Enchanting for young and old alike! The session lasts 1 hour and takes place in the morning.

The 5 senses
Open your ears and listen to this work come to life... In the museum's rooms, discover portraits, still lifes and landscapes, and rediscover the senses evoked by these paintings, thanks to this tour that includes time for awakening and manipulation.

Another story!
Through observation, dialogue and the reading of children's books, children discover the stories told by the paintings or objects. Four different themes are offered: À table, Fais-moi peur, fais-moi rire, Drôles de bêtes and the mystery theme La surprise du chef!

My first visit
Self-guided tour
This visit is suitable as a first approach to the Musée des Beaux-Arts for small and medium-sized classes.

The color
Self-guided tour
Discover colors through a selection of works adapted to the level of the class.
Cycle 2 (CP-CE1-CE2)

The theater of nature
Workshop visit
Come and return to the museum! Thanks to this two-session workshop-visit, students take an in-depth look at the works and strengthen their links with the museum's collections. A workshop is developed over a longer period of time, giving the opportunity to experiment and create a richer visual arts production with the mediators. The workshop-visit takes place over two 2-hour sessions, spread over two consecutive weeks.

Another story!
Guided tour
Through observation, dialogue and the reading of children's books, children discover the stories told by the paintings or objects. Four different themes are offered: À table, Fais-moi peur, fais-moi rire, Drôles de bêtes and the mystery theme La surprise du chef!

Emotions
Guided tour
The characters in the paintings speak to us: decipher their expressions! Colors and light help us to see clearly. Fear, joy, sadness, love... await you in the museum's works.

What was it like before?
Guided tour
Some things have changed since artists created their works... Do we still dress the way we used to? What did people eat in the time of kings? Did boys and girls have the same rights? This visit is adapted to the level of the pupils, from CP to sixième.

The water
Self-guided tour
Discover the museum's landscapes and water in all its forms.

The animals
Self-guided tour
A tour featuring a selection of works based on the animals featured in the museum's paintings.

The music
Self-guided tour
Come and discover a selection of works based on music and its instruments.

An Orléans heroine
Self-guided tour
A journey around the figure of Joan of Arc and her representations over time.

The color
Self-guided tour
Discover colors through a selection of works adapted to the level of the class.

À la carte
Self-guided tour
A journey around the figure of Joan of Arc and her representations over time.
Cycle 3 (CM1-CM2-6e)

What was it like before?
Guided tour
Some things have changed since artists created their works... Do we still dress the way we used to? What did people eat in the time of kings? Did boys and girls have the same rights? This visit is adapted to the level of the pupils, from CP to sixième.

Carnet de voyage(s)
With your travel journal in hand, set off to discover new horizons. Pick and choose from the works: here an exotic animal, here an unusual object. Make a few sketches to preserve the memory of a landscape, a sunset, a funny character... From fragment to fragment, let's preserve the traces of this journey in the museum.

Portrait gallery
Guided tour
Let's decipher the museum's painted and sculpted portraits by observing attitudes, expressions, costumes and accessories. Let's see how the artist creates an intimate, family or official setting around his or her characters.

Saying love
Guided tour
How do you paint the feeling of love, tell the story of a mother's love for her child, or suggest a falling out of love? Observe the signs: hand games, exchanged glances, body mimics... And discover the story of some famous couples.

Mythology
You'll need to have worked on mythology beforehand. Meet the gods and heroes of Greco-Roman mythology! You can meet Aphrodite, Ulysses, Hermes, Circe or Prometheus... and discover their stories through the paintings in the collections.

The making of the work
How do artists go about creating their work? Alone or as part of a team? What tools, materials and (sometimes jealously guarded) studio secrets do they use? From the sketch to the final work, this tour plunges us into the process that gives birth to the works.

An Orléans heroine
Self-guided tour
A journey around the figure of Joan of Arc and her representations over time.

The 7 keys
Self-guided tour
A fun tour for the whole class, with each painting providing a key to the mystery work. Three themes are proposed: 7 keys to a landscape, 7 keys to a portrait and 7 keys to a still life.

On the trail of heroes
Self-guided tour
A fun tour in which each hero or heroine provides a clue to help find the mystery character. For this tour, student booklets can be collected from the museum reception desk in advance of the visit.

Stories and myths
Self-guided tour
A visit designed for 6th graders to discover characters and stories from Greco-Roman mythology and Christian history.

Mythological figures
Self-guided tour
Visit to discover some of the most emblematic characters of Greco-Roman mythology.

À la carte
Self-guided tour
A journey around the figure of Joan of Arc and her representations over time.
Cycle 4 and high school
In the light
Museum of Fine Arts
Portraits
Museum of Fine Arts
Explore the evolution of the portrait through time.
Mythological figures
Museum of Fine Arts
Visit to discover some of the most emblematic characters of Greco-Roman mythology.
Romanticism
Museum of Fine Arts
Portraits, landscapes, historical and literary subjects: between the quest for the sublime and a new freedom of expression, explore
how Romantic artists revolutionized the art of their time.
Heroes and heroines
Museum of Fine Arts
Discover stories, the notion of heroes and the codification of their representation.
Modern and contemporary art
Museum of Fine Arts
19th-century portraits
Museum of Fine Arts