Free admission to activities (no booking required)
On weekends, from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., visit the Mini Salon, our space dedicated to young visitors and those accompanying them. A programme of activities and tools is offered by mediators to allow accompanied children aged 6 to 12 to explore the museum (30 min.).
The Bazaar — 11:30 a.m.
The basics of contemporary art explained to children
The Compasses — 2:30 p.m.
Tour sheets to explore the museum freely
The tale — 4 p.m.
An adventure story tale based on the artworks
The little collection — 5 p.m.
A game to get all the information you need on the artworks
Activities requiring booking
Available in French only
The museum tour
Designed in connection with the exhibitions at the Bourse de Commerce, and guided by the mediation team, the tour offers visitors of all ages the opportunity to explore the museum together.
For accompanied children aged 6 to 12. Every Sunday at 11:15 a.m. During school holidays, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 4 p.m.
From 11 January to 6 February
The architectural family tour is an astonishing journey through the five centuries of history and architectural transformations of the building.
From 8 February, as part of the Avant l’orage (Before The Storm) exhibition
A stroll in the woods
Objects, animals, plants, colours, sounds… Take a family walk through the Avant l’orage (Before The Storm) exhibition, to seek out for surprising artworks and stories. While listening to an educator, watch the clouds, be amazed by a strange coral reef, walk through a dislocated forest, listen to the surrounding life, and let yourself be carried away... before the rain starts to fall.
Book. Price: €5 for children - entrance ticket + €5 for adults (free with the Membership Pinault Collection card).
Workshops
Designed in connection with the exhibitions at the Bourse de Commerce and supervised by the mediation team, the workshops invite young unaccompanied visitors, to experiment with the artistic practices presented in the exhibitions, to discover techniques and creative gestures that they can then make their own.
This activity takes place in French for unaccompanied children, they can visit the museum by booking an exhibition ticket. The Bourse de Commerce reserves the right not to accept a child if their age is incompatible with the workshop, so please check the age range that is indicated.
- The exhibition workshop (1h30)
For 6–12 year-olds (unaccompanied). Every other Saturday at 3 p.m.
From 8 February, as part of the Avant l’orage exhibition (Before The Storm)
"Sow the seeds, reap the rain”
In this workshop children will be able to make a rain stick! A small instrument filled with seeds, which sounds like a rain shower, a waterfall. After observing the unity and diversity of seeds in order to understand what botany calls “varieties”, the participants will choose their instruments’ sound properties from the possibilities offered by the living world. They will then set off to explore the exhibitions with their sound sticks! The echo of their explorations will enliven the museum’s spaces... and may even wake up some of the works.
Book. Price: €12 (free with the Membership Pinault Collection card).
- The architecture workshop (1h30)
For 6–12 year-olds (unaccompanied). Every other Saturday at 3 p.m.
"The folds of history”
This workshop invites children to discover the unique architecture of the Bourse de Commerce and to understand its five centuries of history. After visiting the building and identifying its various architectural features, the children are invited to create a hybrid architectural structure out of paper. Through a game of collage and folding that produces optical illusions, they are able to bring the past and present together with their own hands.
Book. Price: €12 (free with the Membership Pinault Collection card).
Visitor’s booklet
Don’t forget to ask for one in the Salon or to download it online. It’s free!
Want to learn to look at architecture in more detail? Then set off on a fun visit of the exhibitions! Children find it much easier with this booklet, created by Anaïs Vaugelade, author and illustrator.
