After celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2022, the MuséoParc Alésia returns more reinvigorated than ever from its winter break, ready for a 2023 season full of projects. We take stock with the new director of the premises, Laurent Bourdereau.
A brand new face for brand new projects. THE MuséoParc Alesia could hardly dream of a better profile for its reopening this February 15. Newly appointed general manager of the site, Laurent Bourdereau is familiar with issues of tourism, heritage and attractiveness; another knowledge, and not the least, that of the territory of Côte-d’Or, in which he was born and studied. This Tuesday, February 14, when he took office, the man was already looking ahead to a 2023 season that he imagines “ audacious »« surprising » et « ambitious ».
« The satisfaction of visitors motivates us to continue this wealth of activities, combining fun activities, scientific workshops, multicultural encounters, which prove how necessary it is to constantly reinvent new means to help share knowledge of Gallo civilization. -Roman for all audiences. The MuséoParc Alésia is a project on three sites that brings our history to life and brings educational values to the youngest. All these proposals testify to the fact of wanting to make history accessible”.
“Nearly 85,000 visitors came to the MuséoParc in 2022”
More than ever, the reopening of this 2023 season is intended to be in close collaboration with the department. Francois Sauvadet, President of the Departmental Council of the Côte-d’Or, congratulated the MuséoParc for its ever-increasing dynamism. ” We are all the more enthusiastic that site traffic has started to rise again in 2022, after two incomplete and difficult seasons due to the health crisis: nearly 85,000 visitors came to the MuséoParc in 2022, the best figure in the last 6 years! We are committed to continuing on this path and maintaining this high level of services to continue to appeal to all audiences, from the youngest to the oldest. We are fortunate to have a major establishment in a rural setting. It is an exceptional environment that we must continue to develop”.
What’s new for this 2023 season
With its new scenography set up since July 2021, its rich event program, its many activities, its more than 600 collector’s items… The MuséoParc brings together all the ingredients to arouse the curiosity and enthusiasm of visitors. The main objective of the site? Sweep away the many misconceptions still persisting about the Gallo-Roman period.
Once again this year, the MuséoParc Alésia is looking to the future with the realization of numerous projects. In 2023, visitors to the Gallo-Roman city will be welcomed in a Reception pavilion of refurbished Gallo-Roman remains from 1 March to enable them to begin their visit to the best conditions. In April, the restaurant « Le Carnyx » will also unveil its new assets to welcome visitors at any time in a much warmer atmosphere.
Adaptation to ecological challenges
The year will also be an opportunity for the MuséoParc Alésia to adapt to ecological issues today: a third of the vehicle fleet will switch from diesel to electric; the implementation of the sustainable mobility package will help employees to decarbonize their visit to the MuséoParc Alésia; a rehabilitated car park; a fleet of bicycles with electric assistance. Local products will gradually find a prominent place in the Carnyx menus and a compost for bio-waste will be installed in cooperation with the County Council.
Do not miss
- Every weekend except school holidays and weekends in May: Guided tours and entertainment around the kitchen. Preparation of period recipes to discover how the Romans and Gauls cooked.
- Every first Wednesday of the month: Tango for seniors.
- From February 15 to 19: MuséoFab and top Chrono. With woodcut workshops.
- Friday March 3: Musical conference by Claire Appert “Le Bandage Schubert, the cello that takes care”.
- From April 8 to 23: Fashion Weeks. What do we know about ancient clothing fashion? The MuséoParc Alésia invites you to discover it for two weeks, having fun with artists, craftsmen and cultural mediators. Beautiful encounters in perspective, around demonstrations, workshops and a photo-call, for posterity, and of course a fashion show on Saturday April 22.
- From May 13 to November 30, 2023: Temporary exhibition “Alix, from city to city from the Orient to the Mediterranean”. The very first Gallic comic book hero is at the center of the temporary programming. By capitalizing on the work of Jacques Martin, the MuséoParcAlésia takes the visitor on an unforgettable journey between Marseille, Rome, Pompeii, Athens, Babylon, Jerusalem, Petra and Alexandria, not forgetting the sanctuary of Olympia.
- Saturday May 13: European Night of Museums. Students from the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté School of Music guide the public through the museum, to the sound of the Union Vitellienne. Then, the fire show of the Cie La Salamandre will delight young and old. At the start of the evening, the 3rd Latinists from the Alésia college will present the 3D visit of the museum, carried out with the support of the Atelier Canopé 21.
- From June to November: Archéocapsule Migrations.
- June 17 and 18: European Archeology Days.
- Saturday July 15 and Sunday July 16: De Bello Gallico “Gallic War” Reenactment Weekend.
- Wednesday July 19 and Thursday July 20: The Image sonore festival. The festival invites you to live a real sound and visual experience, mixing classical music, electronic music and video-mapping. The 2022 edition welcomed Rone and Tylacine among others.
- Sunday August 13 and Monday August 14: Crafts and construction. With firing and demonstration of ceramic turning and Roman construction.
- Friday, August 25: Concert of the Music of Hollow Bodies and open-air cinema.
- From Saturday August 26 to Friday September 1: Ancient games and sports.
- Friday, September 15 in the evening: Launch of the new season of Arts & Scènes Côte-d’Or. The Departmental Council presents the preview of the shows that will be itinerant in Côte-d’Or and transforms its territories into a large stage show. On the agenda: music, theatre, street arts, circus and dance.
- October 2 to 8: Accessibility Week.
- And many others…
More information on the MuséoParc Alésia website (follow the link).
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