After Prime Minister Édouard Philippe’s announcement on Friday, March 13, which limits all gatherings to 100, the entertainment and cultural world, already hard hit, is increasing the number of closings or postponements.
The Ministry of Culture, for its part, called on all the structures under its supervision, including museums and libraries, to limit their activities or to close to the public. A decision made to stop the spread of coronavirus.
“Gatherings of more than 100 people are prohibited throughout the national territory as of this Friday, March 13, and all the structures of the ministry are invited to refocus their activity around their essential functions, up to and including the closure of the structure to the public “, according to a message sent by the ministry to public establishments.
Museums, culture and leisure areas
The Eiffel Tower is closed.
The Louvre, the most visited museum in the world, closes this Friday 1 to 6 p.m. and “until further notice”. The two exhibitions “Albrecht Altdorfer” and “From Donatello to Michelangelo” are postponed. The news fell this Friday the 13th in the afternoon and followed an avalanche of closings and postponements.
The Palace of Versailles keeps open only the gardens and the park. Likewise, the Vincennes zoo remains open because visitors are not confined.
️Info #Coronavirus : in accordance with government regulations, the Palace of Versailles, the Trianon Castles and the Galerie des Carrosses are closed. The Gardens and the Park remain open.
– Chateau de Versailles (@CVersailles) March 13, 2020
The Center Pompidou closes.
The Institute of the Arab World cancels its activities and events, and closes its doors to the public, as of Saturday March 14.
The Museum of Decorative Arts closes Friday March 13. The opening of the exhibition “The drawing without reservation” is canceled and the exhibition postponed.The BnF closes from the evening of March 13.
The Cartier Foundation closes its doors to the public and cancels the next events.
Since Saturday morning all the museums of the city of Paris are closed: Carnavalet, Cernuschi and Galliera museums (the three had just reopened after works), at the Museum of Modern Art, passing by the Catacombs. 14 places in total.
The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations (Mucem) in Marseille closes its doors “until further notice” due to the coronavirus, the establishment said.
The Musée Grévin will keep doors closed until March 29.
The Marguerite et Aimé Maeght Foundation is closed to the public from the evening of March 15. The Jacques Monory exhibition, which was scheduled to open on March 28, has been postponed …
The Futuroscope, a large leisure park, will close from Monday until March 31 due to the coronavirus epidemic.
Disneyland Paris closes until the end of the month.
Theaters, concerts, shows
The Paris Opera cancels until March 31 all of its ballet and opera rehearsals, as well as the shows in its smallest halls, the amphitheater and the Bastille studio.
The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées cancels its concerts and performances until April 19, 2020.
The Philharmonie de Paris is closed until April 7.
Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse canceled its performances on Friday and will be closed to the public until April 22 inclusive. The last representation of Vessel by Damien Jalet and Kohei Nawa scheduled for March 13 did not take place.
The three rooms of the Comédie Française cancel their performances from this day until March 18 inclusive.
The Odeon Theater cancels its performances, in particular by The Glass Menagerie with Isabelle Huppert, in the 6th and 17th from the evening of March 13 and until further notice.
The Théâtre du Rond-Point cancels the representations of Invisible circus and of Kadoc in the Renaud-Barrault room starting this evening and until further notice. The performances of the shows My dinner with Winston and The last days in the Jean Tardieu room are maintained until further notice. (Tonnage reduced to less than 100 people). The representations of Visit indoor Roland Topor are maintained until further notice. (86 places gauge).
The additional representation of #RoomWithAView is finally canceled at the Théâtre du Chatelet.
The representations of shows and concerts of the Versailles Opera and the Bouffes du Nord Theater are canceled.
“We play until Sunday in front of less than 100 spectators. If people come. Afterwards, we close the theater”, said Nathalie Szewczyk, the administrator of the Rive-Gauche theater.
Olympia had announced on March 11 the cancellation of all its concerts and its closure until April 15, taking note of the ban on gatherings of more than 1,000 people. In a statement on Twitter, the hall warns ticket buyers that all concerts and shows are canceled until mid-April.
The show “Fascination” stuntman, trainer and squire Mario Luraschi, who celebrates 50 years of his cinema career, scheduled for March 20-22 at the Palais des Sports in Paris, is postponed until the end of June. The equestrian show will be presented to the Parisian public on June 26, 27 and 28, 2020, announced the organizers. Mario Luraschi’s troupe will also be on tour at the Zenith in Dijon on April 18 and April 19, at the Zenith in Nantes on June 20 and 21 and at the Halle Tony Garnier in Lyon on July 4 and 5.
In Aix and Marseille cancellation of the performances planned at the Théâtre de La Criée, at ymnase-Bernardines, at the Jeu de Paume, at the Grand Théâtre de Provence from tonight and until April 15.
The final of the international eloquence competition in French which was to be held on March 17 under the Dome of the Institut de France will not take place. The training days were given by the Eloquentia association to 18 candidates. Priority is given to the return of candidates to their countries.
Festivals: Printemps de Bourges, Banlieues Bleues …
The Printemps de Bourges 2020 will not take place.
The 37th Banlieues Bleues festival ends this Friday, March 13 in the evening.
As for the Globes, they are canceling their 15th Ceremony scheduled for March 14, just like Musicora which cancels its 31st edition scheduled for May 8-10 at Seine Musicale.
The TJP Center Dramatique National Strasbourg-Grand Est cancels the Les Giboulées festival which was due to start on March 13. And beyond the festival, the shows A house (March 30 and 31), Full moon (April 1-7) and JI’m here (April 3-9) are canceled.
The Paris Music Festival which was to be held from March 19 to 21 is canceled.
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