Institutes - Cultural centers France

Because holidays and leisure, it's not just relaxation and sport, but you can also learn by fun. Discover or rediscover the sky and its stars, constellations, planets, milky way, nebulae… Travel under a 5 m dome reproducing the starry sky. Moreover, a new world, the «Cosmodyssée III», is now projecting more than 1 500 stars and the programme evolves over the seasons. Each session lasts 90 minutes.

A small hall evokes the history of the country's child, Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve, founder of Ville-Marie, who will become Montréal, Quebec.

The old priory of the th century became the department's focal point in the field of art. Thanks to the Franck-Ténot Foundation, the Art Centre Marnay art centre (Camac) is a small paradise planted in the countryside for creators from all sides.

The media library offers everyone access to culture through many media: novels, documentaries, magazines, comics, company games, Dvds, CD, CD Roms and Internet. Free and free on-site consultation, borrowing and internet access. The library also has a very rich old fund, available by appointment. The Musée de France, certified by the Musée de France, offers a painting room of high-marnais artists such as René-Xavier Prinet, Georges Fréset, Clément Serveau… and a unique collection of naturalisés birds from the th century. A second room, devoted to archaeology, refers you to the thermal past of Bourbonne-les-Bains, with, among other things, vestiges of the former Gallo-Roman spa, cult objects dedicated to the Roman and Roman gods, or to funeral stelas and statues of deities. Finally, a temporary exhibition room brings to the honor, every quarter, a different artist, from painting, sculpture or photography.

A true city of science, renowned, among other things, for the planetarium it houses and which allows visitors to explore the space, constellations and planets of the solar system. Animated by the volunteers of the Omega Ardenne Astronomy Association, the centre allows the popularization of science with a rigour that does not exclude the playful aspect. On 3 hectares at the borders of the Cottage cottage, you can discover, observe, manipulate in areas ranging from mechanical mechanics to electromagnetism, mathematics and astronomy. Two hundred attractive demonstrations, reflecting our daily life, to answer the reason why. A great moment to spend a family.

Here is a ventilated centre for children between the ages of 6 and 17; a women's sector and family outings as well as sports activities: karate, capoéra and dance.

The objective of the centre is to offer the general public a broad vision of what contemporary art offers, in a world where videography and digital technology are becoming increasingly important, without neglecting more traditional techniques such as painting or sculpture. You can also admire the magnificent woodwork in the exhibition rooms. For several years now, plastic arts workshops, readings, conferences and guided tours of each exhibition have been offered to schoolchildren, but also to adults and the public of associations.

It is the cultural and congress centre of La Baule. It lowers cultural life bauloise to the year: theatre, music, songs… This great scene also hosts professional appointments. Its capacity for accommodating between 50 and 500 people makes it ideal for private, family or associative events.

The Institut des Études Occitanes de l'Hérault develops and promotes the Occitan language and culture in the département. With some thirty affiliated associations, enabling it to be present in almost every canton of the Hérault, the IEO offers Occitan language courses for adults, introductions to the language in schools, and a wide range of cultural events such as conferences, cafés Òc, exhibitions, and traditional dance and theater workshops in Occitan. You'll also find a bookshop-boutique.

The very eclectic programming of this cultural centre shows its dynamism. Dance, theatre, song, music, young public shows: everyone will find their own account. The room can accommodate more than 300 people.

In collaboration with the Desbals cultural centre, the Animation entertainment centre offers numerous sports, textbooks and cultural workshops for children. In particular, the centre has set up specific workshops for the women's public (dietary hikes, gymnastics…) and a suitable child-youth reception: a leisure centre (6-11 years old) two homes (11-17 years old) and a-year-old teen club. Cultural workshops offer many techniques, including associations. Adult and senior workshops such as hiking, gymnastics and many planned outings. New: a plastic expression workshop for adults on Tuesday and an associative workshop watercolour and painting.

The Centre Culturel de Quartier Renan is a cultural gem in Toulouse. With its varied programming (theater, puppetry, circus, dance), it offers quality entertainment for young and old. Its digital museum, La Micro-Folie, the first of its kind in the Haute-Garonne department, promises an exciting interactive experience. As well as shows, Centre Culturel de Quartier Renan offers enriching local activities, workshops and courses. It's a warm, dynamic place that promotes access to culture in all its forms.

A showroom, library, library, local and numerous associations, the Rangueil district house allows those who wish to participate in one of the many workshops offered. In choice, mosaic, Esperanto, bocage, drawing, choral singing, plastic arts, salsa, theatre, body and musical awakening for children and adults, young and adults! Don't miss the regular outings organized by the associations hosted by this House House.

Many associations invest the Maison House (inaugurated January 14, 1995) for their activities: rock dance, classical, modern jazz, African, living room, salsa, hip hop…, judo… artistic activities: piano, flute, guitar, painting workshops… Youth home for teens aged 11 to 17. It would be a great surprise if you did not find a sporting or cultural activity that you are passionate about in the very wide range of Bénévoles and its many volunteers.

The Entertainment centre La Terrasse is an integral part of the La Terrasse neighbourhood. It is an entertainment centre and a ventilated centre. Two leisure centres 6-11 years and 12-15 years that operate during school holidays; camps are also organised. The activities proposed are numerous and varied and there are for all tastes, from the most sporty to the quietest, turn to the body or to the mind. Young people and teens will be delighted to be able to share the same passion.

Two leisure centres, two youth receptions, musical workshops and plastic arts, including convivial evenings dedicated to theatre or music, multiple exhibitions… This is the essence of this dynamic cultural centre in the heart of the Soupetard district. This is how you can follow a theatre or sculpture workshop, put you in the gospel or introduce yourself to the guitar before you go to your little Chemin Road to see a beautiful musical tale!

The Saint Simon Animation Centre, inaugurated in March 1992, is a multi-purpose area, with a host of children's leisure and hotlines of local associative structures. These hosted associations develop very popular regular activities. The gymnastics and the 6-12-year leisure centre are managed directly by the municipal service. The leisure centre welcomes 40 children on Wednesday and the school holidays during which outside camps and camps are set up (trappers, gold researchers…), with rates calculated according to family income. The entertainment centre also features rooms, the last of which, with a capacity of 150 seats, opens onto a landscaped garden.

Tennis, martial arts, golf, climbing… with weekends, internships and other challenges, we're doing a great share of sport here. Here you will find many activities for your children, but also for you, thanks to the various associations that organize them here. This way you can indulge in gospel or salsa, such as Cuban percussion. Some activities take place at the cow's quarter (rue Marguerite-Duras) which is connected to the animation centre. Don't miss, on time, exhibitions, concerts, concerts and musicals given here!

In this brand new space which opened its doors in Reims, travel to the other end of the globe and discover Asian art and culture! In its gallery are exhibited creations of artists from the four corners of the world, a bridge between East and West that invites to travel and to change of scenery. The academy also offers workshops to explore different artistic universes given by qualified professionals. You will be able to learn painting, sculpture, calligraphy, drawing but also English or Chinese, the most spoken language in the world. The courses are open to all levels, children and adults, and there is something for everyone!

The Mediterranean University Centre is so beautiful that it hardly dares to enter, yet it is open to all the public. This centre offers all kinds of seminars and conferences on the theme of the Mediterranean, to say all the diversity of conferences, debates and symposiums that are organized in this magical place.

It is probably thanks to the Acropolis that Nice is the second largest congress town in France. 5 auditoriums of 250 to 2 500 places and 30 000 m ² of modular space, this centre also offers a sum of services to organise conventions, fairs, exhibitions and conferences.

On the premises of the tourist office, the House of the Country Viganais is unbeatable, it is the showcase of the best products of the land, since the famous golden, passing through the National Park and to the strings…

A direct heir from the Ecole des Pages du Roi, CNR is housed in a th century building, the hotel de la Chancellery, in a street adjacent to Versailles castle. The institution (structured in 3 departments: music, drama and dance) is the primary vocation of allowing everyone to access the art under the vigilance and guidance of the 80 teachers, renowned artists, who make every year 1 400 pupils (young children, amateurs and future professionals from France and abroad), among which one quarter in the established hours (to follow musical lessons or to navigate along with their music) General studies). A place of learning, culture and exchange, the Conservatory also participates throughout the year in the animation of the city through numerous concerts, theatre pieces or dance performances, and even hearings open to the public.

The CMB provides a mission for the study and dissemination of the French musical heritage of the th and th centuries, until little or little known and a large part of which was composed for the Court of Versailles. Thanks to a multidisciplinary team of researchers, publishers, pedagogues, producers and musicians, who restored, restored and "re-established" the forgotten or incomplete works of the Grand Century, it is now possible to recognize the airs, motets and messes of the air, and the talent, among other things, of Jean-Joseph Mouret, the composer of the Italian Comedy (where Pierre Sueca de Chamblain de Marivaux is concerned), who organised all of them. The great evenings of the castle of Seal, where the little girls of Louis XIV lived. Each autumn, the CMBV carries out a season of baroque concerts, in the Royal Opera or the chapel of the Château de Versailles, during which the best ensembles and soloists, specialists in the interpretation of ancient music, occur on stage.

International Centre for Cultural Encounters and Musical Creations and an international festival of sacred music led by Michel Wolkowitsky, Sylvanès wanted an organ to serve a wide repertoire open on symphoniq music

Jean-Robert Ipousteguy was born in Dun-sur-Meuse. This sculptor, with his surrealist works and abrupt, tormented style, enjoys a worldwide reputation. Indeed, he is considered one of the greatest contemporary European sculptors. The cultural center opened its doors in 2001, and features ten sculptures and fifteen paintings by the artist. Temporary exhibitions also showcase other lesser-known talents.

Old model farm, built early by a large industrial. It is now serving at a European convention centre.

Founded in 1989, certified in 1998 Stage of contemporary music, South Pole has since 2001 been an associative scene for dance and music. Its objective: develop a strong artistic and educational project in the fields of dance and music. His musical programming, widely dedicated to jazz, presents artists to national and international renown. On the side of dance, it is widely open to contemporary movements. Every year, she invites some thirty-five companies to take place, especially at the New Strasbourg Danse festival. Since 2004, it has had a large infrastructure (2 dance studios and 5 for music), allowing it to train artistically close to four hundred people per year.

La Casa Musicale is a place for amateur practice in music, dance, visual arts and street arts. Every year in June, the Casa organizes the famous Ida y Vuelta festival, a free event for the general public. Thus, at La Casa, children from disadvantaged neighborhoods, music lovers from all walks of life and some of the biggest names in dance and song come together for magical moments. La Casa is a place not to be missed in the Catalan and Perpignan culture. To discover.

The Orchestre des Pays de Savoie is one of the few permanent orchestras in the region. With programming around chamber music, jazz, opera, classical or contemporary music, training takes part in many events: world creations, discs, performances in Savoie or other regions or abroad. This ensemble also works in the diffusion of music in schools, University of Savoie, prisons, hospitals…

The Leclerc cultural center in Kergaradec is one of Leclerc's largest. You'll find a wide range of books, as well as CDs, DVDs, video games and tickets for concerts, shows and soccer matches. A wide range of literary and musical genres is on offer. The Espace Culturel is integrated into the store. A staircase leads from the children's section to the mezzanine, where sofas and armchairs allow you to consult books in complete tranquillity. Ideal for choosing your next book!

Since 1981, the Léo-Lagrange centre has been welcoming small and large activities around sports, artistic or cultural activities. A real institution for the spinaliens who particularly appreciate the project of the centre. The objectives of the association are to accompany families daily, to foster the development of the child and to encourage team spirit through sport and culture. It is with this in mind that the centre organizes workshops throughout the year (choir, painting, theatre, sport) and cultural outings.

The Friends of the National Museum of Ceramics are organizing a series of conferences where it is possible to learn from the treasures of knowledge about faïence, ceramic relations between countries, artistic salt sandstone, inovateurs or modernized ceramics, contemporary, classical, neo-classical ceramics, the Italian biscuit, Limoges and its porcelain, China and its paradox of the th and th centuries painted enamel. In short, a gold mine of knowing about all the ways of working the ceramic materials through the unusual civilizations or creations that crossed their history will be revealed to you.

Esc@le brings together the information cluster, which is the Youth Information Office. Project aid, which is a local support point participating with Desire to Act-Accompaniment, with the help of young project providers. Operation Bag Teen, with the support for a first autonomous departure on vacation (16-22 years), methodological and/or financial assistance in the framework of the "initiative awards" (city of Sèvres) and devices Desire to Act by the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The Point Cyb computer cluster is a young digital space. The animation-organization of the leisure activities of 12-17 years during school holidays opens on à la carte activities, exits, theme weeks, mini-stays. Most of the esc@le has as its objective a summer job operation from May to September; services of connections: Baby sitting, school support/homework support, services to individuals. It also includes training for first aid: CHP 1 (Level 1 civic prevention and relief) and IPS (initiation to early paediatric aid) with the Red Cross of Sèvres; they also gather thematic days.

Dunkirk is a multicultural, plural city where the Flemish accents are not the only ones to ask you the ear. Close to England, Belgium's border, firmly anchored in Europe and exchanging with interest with its twin cities, Dunkirk has had a European house for over 30 years. Information centre, you will find lots of information to travel to Europe, to work, but also to learn from other languages. So don't hesitate to push the door, the whole team will be there to answer your questions. 

The IEHCA (Institut européen d'histoire et des cultures de l'alimentation) is one of the most prominent research laboratories of the University of Tours. Here, researchers cultivate the art of eating well by conducting investigations into the history of food. What did people eat in the past, how and why? These are all questions that established researchers and students are asking themselves, and that visitors are invited to explore during events open to the general public: conferences, cooking classes, chefs' residencies, a gastronomic book fair... All good things to discover in the Villa Rabelais, the epicenter of the "Tours cité de la gastronomie" project.

Throughout the year, this municipal cultural center hosts a wide variety of theatrical performances, concerts, dance, improvisation evenings, young audience events, comedies... Artistic training courses are also offered, as well as various events: meetings, conferences... This municipal facility offers the possibility of renting and privatizing the entire hall outside of the dates reserved for the cultural program

A destination for Muslim families, their relatives or anyone interested in the living heritage of the Maghreb countries, this cultural centre was established in 1996. The only one in France to benefit from the approval of the association of family associations, which informs on its secular and apolitical side. The UNION is carried by active members, all sharing the same intent: show a festive, tolerant face, curious of the arts in all its forms until the culinary art. Knowledge, learning of Arabic languages, discoveries of handwritten writings (courses in calligraphy, graphic art), music, dances, sport… In short, everything that makes the Arab world greatness today. A beautiful annual showcase, the Eid Festival in October brings together all its positive impulses in many events, often the fruit of the workshops. Cultural and social, the UNION also plays an important role in the representation of families in the public authorities (administrative accompaniment, defence of children's interests, consumer rights…)

Present in Marseilles, the Jewish community is particularly active in the 6 ^th arrondissement. In the Castellane area, around the streets Rostand, Dragon, Saint-Suffren, it has private schools, snacks, restaurants, small cafes, tea rooms. True neighborhood life, there are hairdressers, grocery stores, supermarkets… In the middle of all these nearby shops, the Jewish cultural centre, which has been in existence since 1964, is an obligation for all those who want to go further. Activities are diverse and varied: seminars on Jewish history and thought, exhibitions, concert, cinema… For regular activities, Hebrew courses (oulpanim) are very serious. There is even a module for the récalcitrants, for those who really have difficulty with the language. They are invited to be more user-friendly, to learn to communicate in Hebrew, around a meal for example. Courses of capoeira also, book workshops, workshops for children, cooking courses… In short, something happens at the Fleg!

Theater, comedy shows, jazz or contemporary music concerts, film screenings, exhibitions, meetings for young audiences... Throughout its cultural season, this Balaruc center is full of events for young and old. Its program is dedicated to live shows with a beautiful artistic diversity. A performance hall, it is also a place of residence for creation, a music school, a gallery and an associative space.

Like its IEO neighbors, the Institut des Études Occitanes de l'Aude offers a wide range of events and activities through its allied associations to promote and develop Occitan culture and language. Concerts, lectures, storytelling, exhibitions, public readings, film screenings, historical and heritage tours, language, singing and dance courses, workshops and courses... Something for everyone! The IEO de l'Aude, through its Publishing division, has published 86 works in the Vendémias collection, and 40 in the Farfadet collection.

Lab-Labanque temporarily moved boulevard Poincaré. Old Banque de France is currently under construction. Le Lab-Labanque is a production centre and dissemination of visual arts founded by Artois. Com (Community of Artois) and the town of Béthune. Lab-Labanque artists and sculptors (painters, sculptors, video alike, photographers...) and offers them or not to create works, perennial, which fall under the development of the modern city.

The centre on Romanesque art contains illuminations, incunabula and other local archives available to researchers. This important collection of documentation on Romanesque art also provides an opportunity to discover the work of the illuminators of Moissag. While sculptors worked on the decoration of the capitals of the cloister in the 11th and 12th centuries, scribes and illuminators produced the often ornate manuscripts in the monastery library.

Opened since 29 years, the circuit of Pont-l'Évêque is a place for the passionate persons of car or those who want to improve their driving (or to recover points on their licence). Training course or initiation to driving on Lotus Seven or Elise. Mastery and improvement of driving on slippery roads. Karting and quad track. Located near Caen, this car circuit benefits from the know-how of teams mobilized throughout the year to offer you the best driving experience in a preserved environment of 90 hectares.

The Cultural Space Hall has a capacity of 298 places, including 3 seats for disabled guests. Cultural programming is diverse: theater, French song, classical music, opera, dance, street theater, young audiences…

The cultural centre of Carpentras does not lack originality. Following the legacy of Jean Bernard (1669) and Canon Nepton (1672), the city acquires a large bourgeois house to «lock, maintain and educate disadvantaged children». After being a girls'school until 1924, it now houses the cultural centre and the municipal music and dance school approved. It is also a place of theatre with theatre. An exhibition gallery is located in the beautiful vaulted room.

As the birthplace of Jean Jaurès, Castres was duty-bound to pay tribute to him. Initially created in 1954 at the town hall, the national center has occupied a space of its own since 1988. Inaugurated by François Mitterrand, it pays homage to the illustrious tribune, with a museographic trail retracing the major sequences of his life, and a display of manuscripts, books and other iconographic documents relating to the man and to history from the late 19th to the early 20th century.

The Espace Bellevue is the perfect complement to the existing potential for business tourism in Biarritz, a convention city par excellence. Designed in the Belle Epoque style, the convention center boasts a 489-seat auditorium with giant screen (24 m²), a 500 m² Espace Muséal for art exhibitions, a central gallery overhung by a 400 m² 50^m² glass roof, and an exceptional 1,200 m² rotunda that can accommodate over 1,200 guests with a panoramic view of the Grande Plage. With a network of^first-rate approved caterers.