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Sunday 29 March, 15:30

Through a curatorial guided tour of the permanent collection, the event examines the cultural lives of toys — from irreplaceable stuffed animals and devotional figures to crafted playthings of value.
Focusing on selected objects, the tour considers how toys embody affection, memory and social roles across time and cultures.
It explores rituals of care and mourning, the imaginative life owners project onto objects, and the symbolic meanings that transform everyday playthings into traces of personal and collective history.

In French.

19 – 29 March

Echo is a transdisciplinary festival devised by Compagnie sturmfrei that reimagines Ovid’s Metamorphoses through 250 shifting myths. Artists, poets, philosophers and participants inhabit an experimental, two‑level environment transformed into evolving ECHO‑scenographies. The programme assembles performances, participatory formats and workshops that blur genres and invite improvisation, collective dramaturgy and sensory encounters. The work foregrounds mythic transformation, live experimentation and porous collaboration across disciplines.

In French.

Sunday 29 March, 11:00

For BiblioWeekend 2026, the MEG library hosts events centered around the theme “Play,” with a special focus on Japan and East Asia. The lineup includes a continuous toy-making workshop throughout the day, a talk by Damien Kunik, a guided tour highlighting toys from the permanent collection, and a screening of “Little Nemo” as part of the Sunday cinema feature.

Sunday 29 March, 11:00

Explore stories and games across the museum. Solve clues in a playful investigation about a curious founder, move from room to room and uncover hidden secrets. Try medieval calligraphy with ink and quill, feel the scratch of the nib and the flow of black strokes. Join a lively time-travel visit with a young character, and listen to a colourful kamishibai tale about Lin the mouse and her blue-and-white vase.

17 – 29 March

The Green Film Festival raises awareness about the impacts of climate change and promotes sustainable lifestyles by showcasing films that offer solutions. Screenings are often followed by discussions with invited experts who address questions and inspire action for the environment.

27 – 29 March

A twice-yearly second-hand book sale offering thousands of English-language titles — adult, junior, fiction and non-fiction — plus some children’s books in French and other languages. Open to everyone, the sale invites readers, families and newcomers to browse, share discoveries and connect over stories. Donations for future sales are welcome and help support the community collection and its activities. Volunteers and book lovers work together to prepare and run the sale, creating a friendly space for community exchange.

Sunday 29 March, 15:30

Through a curatorial guided tour of the permanent collection, the event examines the cultural lives of toys — from irreplaceable stuffed animals and devotional figures to crafted playthings of value.
Focusing on selected objects, the tour considers how toys embody affection, memory and social roles across time and cultures.
It explores rituals of care and mourning, the imaginative life owners project onto objects, and the symbolic meanings that transform everyday playthings into traces of personal and collective history.

In French.

19 – 29 March

Echo is a transdisciplinary festival devised by Compagnie sturmfrei that reimagines Ovid’s Metamorphoses through 250 shifting myths. Artists, poets, philosophers and participants inhabit an experimental, two‑level environment transformed into evolving ECHO‑scenographies. The programme assembles performances, participatory formats and workshops that blur genres and invite improvisation, collective dramaturgy and sensory encounters. The work foregrounds mythic transformation, live experimentation and porous collaboration across disciplines.

In French.

Sunday 29 March, 11:00

For BiblioWeekend 2026, the MEG library hosts events centered around the theme “Play,” with a special focus on Japan and East Asia. The lineup includes a continuous toy-making workshop throughout the day, a talk by Damien Kunik, a guided tour highlighting toys from the permanent collection, and a screening of “Little Nemo” as part of the Sunday cinema feature.

Sunday 29 March, 11:00

Explore stories and games across the museum. Solve clues in a playful investigation about a curious founder, move from room to room and uncover hidden secrets. Try medieval calligraphy with ink and quill, feel the scratch of the nib and the flow of black strokes. Join a lively time-travel visit with a young character, and listen to a colourful kamishibai tale about Lin the mouse and her blue-and-white vase.

17 – 29 March

The Green Film Festival raises awareness about the impacts of climate change and promotes sustainable lifestyles by showcasing films that offer solutions. Screenings are often followed by discussions with invited experts who address questions and inspire action for the environment.

27 – 29 March

A twice-yearly second-hand book sale offering thousands of English-language titles — adult, junior, fiction and non-fiction — plus some children’s books in French and other languages. Open to everyone, the sale invites readers, families and newcomers to browse, share discoveries and connect over stories. Donations for future sales are welcome and help support the community collection and its activities. Volunteers and book lovers work together to prepare and run the sale, creating a friendly space for community exchange.

Sunday 29 March, 15:30

Through a curatorial guided tour of the permanent collection, the event examines the cultural lives of toys — from irreplaceable stuffed animals and devotional figures to crafted playthings of value.
Focusing on selected objects, the tour considers how toys embody affection, memory and social roles across time and cultures.
It explores rituals of care and mourning, the imaginative life owners project onto objects, and the symbolic meanings that transform everyday playthings into traces of personal and collective history.

In French.

19 – 29 March

Echo is a transdisciplinary festival devised by Compagnie sturmfrei that reimagines Ovid’s Metamorphoses through 250 shifting myths. Artists, poets, philosophers and participants inhabit an experimental, two‑level environment transformed into evolving ECHO‑scenographies. The programme assembles performances, participatory formats and workshops that blur genres and invite improvisation, collective dramaturgy and sensory encounters. The work foregrounds mythic transformation, live experimentation and porous collaboration across disciplines.

In French.

Sunday 29 March, 11:00

For BiblioWeekend 2026, the MEG library hosts events centered around the theme “Play,” with a special focus on Japan and East Asia. The lineup includes a continuous toy-making workshop throughout the day, a talk by Damien Kunik, a guided tour highlighting toys from the permanent collection, and a screening of “Little Nemo” as part of the Sunday cinema feature.

Sunday 29 March, 11:00

Explore stories and games across the museum. Solve clues in a playful investigation about a curious founder, move from room to room and uncover hidden secrets. Try medieval calligraphy with ink and quill, feel the scratch of the nib and the flow of black strokes. Join a lively time-travel visit with a young character, and listen to a colourful kamishibai tale about Lin the mouse and her blue-and-white vase.

17 – 29 March

The Green Film Festival raises awareness about the impacts of climate change and promotes sustainable lifestyles by showcasing films that offer solutions. Screenings are often followed by discussions with invited experts who address questions and inspire action for the environment.

27 – 29 March

A twice-yearly second-hand book sale offering thousands of English-language titles — adult, junior, fiction and non-fiction — plus some children’s books in French and other languages. Open to everyone, the sale invites readers, families and newcomers to browse, share discoveries and connect over stories. Donations for future sales are welcome and help support the community collection and its activities. Volunteers and book lovers work together to prepare and run the sale, creating a friendly space for community exchange.

Sunday 29 March, 15:30

Through a curatorial guided tour of the permanent collection, the event examines the cultural lives of toys — from irreplaceable stuffed animals and devotional figures to crafted playthings of value.
Focusing on selected objects, the tour considers how toys embody affection, memory and social roles across time and cultures.
It explores rituals of care and mourning, the imaginative life owners project onto objects, and the symbolic meanings that transform everyday playthings into traces of personal and collective history.

In French.

19 – 29 March

Echo is a transdisciplinary festival devised by Compagnie sturmfrei that reimagines Ovid’s Metamorphoses through 250 shifting myths. Artists, poets, philosophers and participants inhabit an experimental, two‑level environment transformed into evolving ECHO‑scenographies. The programme assembles performances, participatory formats and workshops that blur genres and invite improvisation, collective dramaturgy and sensory encounters. The work foregrounds mythic transformation, live experimentation and porous collaboration across disciplines.

In French.

Sunday 29 March, 11:00

For BiblioWeekend 2026, the MEG library hosts events centered around the theme “Play,” with a special focus on Japan and East Asia. The lineup includes a continuous toy-making workshop throughout the day, a talk by Damien Kunik, a guided tour highlighting toys from the permanent collection, and a screening of “Little Nemo” as part of the Sunday cinema feature.

Sunday 29 March, 11:00

Explore stories and games across the museum. Solve clues in a playful investigation about a curious founder, move from room to room and uncover hidden secrets. Try medieval calligraphy with ink and quill, feel the scratch of the nib and the flow of black strokes. Join a lively time-travel visit with a young character, and listen to a colourful kamishibai tale about Lin the mouse and her blue-and-white vase.

17 – 29 March

The Green Film Festival raises awareness about the impacts of climate change and promotes sustainable lifestyles by showcasing films that offer solutions. Screenings are often followed by discussions with invited experts who address questions and inspire action for the environment.

27 – 29 March

A twice-yearly second-hand book sale offering thousands of English-language titles — adult, junior, fiction and non-fiction — plus some children’s books in French and other languages. Open to everyone, the sale invites readers, families and newcomers to browse, share discoveries and connect over stories. Donations for future sales are welcome and help support the community collection and its activities. Volunteers and book lovers work together to prepare and run the sale, creating a friendly space for community exchange.

Sunday 29 March, 15:30

Through a curatorial guided tour of the permanent collection, the event examines the cultural lives of toys — from irreplaceable stuffed animals and devotional figures to crafted playthings of value.
Focusing on selected objects, the tour considers how toys embody affection, memory and social roles across time and cultures.
It explores rituals of care and mourning, the imaginative life owners project onto objects, and the symbolic meanings that transform everyday playthings into traces of personal and collective history.

In French.

19 – 29 March

Echo is a transdisciplinary festival devised by Compagnie sturmfrei that reimagines Ovid’s Metamorphoses through 250 shifting myths. Artists, poets, philosophers and participants inhabit an experimental, two‑level environment transformed into evolving ECHO‑scenographies. The programme assembles performances, participatory formats and workshops that blur genres and invite improvisation, collective dramaturgy and sensory encounters. The work foregrounds mythic transformation, live experimentation and porous collaboration across disciplines.

In French.

Sunday 29 March, 11:00

For BiblioWeekend 2026, the MEG library hosts events centered around the theme “Play,” with a special focus on Japan and East Asia. The lineup includes a continuous toy-making workshop throughout the day, a talk by Damien Kunik, a guided tour highlighting toys from the permanent collection, and a screening of “Little Nemo” as part of the Sunday cinema feature.

Sunday 29 March, 11:00

Explore stories and games across the museum. Solve clues in a playful investigation about a curious founder, move from room to room and uncover hidden secrets. Try medieval calligraphy with ink and quill, feel the scratch of the nib and the flow of black strokes. Join a lively time-travel visit with a young character, and listen to a colourful kamishibai tale about Lin the mouse and her blue-and-white vase.

17 – 29 March

The Green Film Festival raises awareness about the impacts of climate change and promotes sustainable lifestyles by showcasing films that offer solutions. Screenings are often followed by discussions with invited experts who address questions and inspire action for the environment.

27 – 29 March

A twice-yearly second-hand book sale offering thousands of English-language titles — adult, junior, fiction and non-fiction — plus some children’s books in French and other languages. Open to everyone, the sale invites readers, families and newcomers to browse, share discoveries and connect over stories. Donations for future sales are welcome and help support the community collection and its activities. Volunteers and book lovers work together to prepare and run the sale, creating a friendly space for community exchange.

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