Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations

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Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilization
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place Marseille , France
architect Rudy Ricciotti
opening June 7, 2013
management
Jean François Chougnet
Website

The Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean (French: Musée des Civilizations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée , short: MuCEM ) is located in the Old Port of Marseille . It was opened on June 7, 2013 on the occasion of the nomination of Marseilles as European Capital of Culture for 2013. The MuCEM is the first Musée National outside Paris .

location

Detail of the building envelope on the waterside
Pedestrian walkway to Fort Saint-Jean

The museum was built by the French architect Rudy Ricciotti for 190 million euros . MuCEM is located on the Esplanade du J4 , an artificial peninsula at the edge of the Old Port . The historic Fort Saint-Jean can be reached via a pedestrian walkway. Next to the MuCEM is the Villa Méditerranée .

The museum building is cubic and glazed. Two sides facing the harbor water are provided with a net-like concrete structure. Visitors can walk on an outside walk between the building and the concrete net.

A footbridge leads from the roof of the building over the harbor basin to Fort Saint-Jean .

Exhibitions

The museum was opened on June 4, 2013 by President François Hollande and opened to the public on June 7. The permanent exhibition, Galerie de la Méditerranée , shows the transition to agriculture, the invention of religions and the birth of the enlightened citizen.

In addition, there were the two special exhibitions Le Noir et Le Bleu (The Black and the Blue) and Au Bazar du Genre (On the Bazaar of the Sex). They depict the history of the Mediterranean in terms of the contrast between European and African life and the role of women and sexuality in the region.

Award

Movie

  • The MuCEM - A new museum for Marseille. Documentary, France, 2013, 54 min., Script and director: Samuel Lajus, production: arte France, 13 Productions, MuCEM, German first broadcast: July 20, 2014 by arte, summary by arte.

Web links

Commons : Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Governance. Museum website, accessed November 23, 2019.
  2. Jump up to the 21st century: The Museum of Civilizations in Marseille (June 2013). French Embassy in Vienna, accessed on November 23, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c Kathrin Hondl: 40,000 square meters of the Mediterranean Union. Deutschlandfunk , June 4, 2013, accessed on August 18, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Lena Bopp: Museum Mucem in Marseille. The city opens its eyes. FAZ , April 30, 2013, accessed June 4, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Sascha Lehnartz: When penguins still lived on the Mediterranean. Die Welt , June 3, 2013, accessed June 4, 2013 .
  6. ↑ Rudy Ricciotti honored with Colored Concrete Works Award 2017 - LANXESS. Retrieved May 18, 2017 .

Coordinates: 43 ° 17 ′ 49 ″  N , 5 ° 21 ′ 40.1 ″  E