Inauguration of the LITERNATURE exhibition: Dinos past and present

  • Category: Expo
  • Dates : January 11, 2023
  • Opening hours: 3pm to 7pm
  • Location: Médiathèque Françoise Giroud - 15 Av. de la Coopérative, 34160 Castries

The Service de Culture Scientifique de l'Université de Montpellier, the Institut de Research pour le Développement, the Occitanie region and the Réseau des Médiathèques de Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole are pleased to announce the launch of the exhibition LITTERNATURE: Les dinos d'hier et d'aujourd'hui.

The LITTERNATURE project is a scientific culture program aimed at young audiences, whose main objective is to explore biodiversity in children's literature of all genres. The project aims to bring together the world of nature and the world of books to raise awareness of the major themes of evolution, classification and biodiversity, by encouraging children to draw up a participatory inventory of the biodiversity encountered in children's literature.

After a first year devoted to plants and insects, LITTERNATURE will explore two new groups: dinosaurs and birds. The Françoise Giroud media library in Castries, part of the Montpellier metropolitan area media library network, will host the first installation of the exhibition in January 2023. It will feature numerous items from the paleontological and ornithological collections of the University of Montpellier, explanatory panels illustrated by author-illustrator Gilles Macagno, and various museographic devices.

On the program:

  • 3pm: Guided tour of the exhibition for the general public.
  • 3:30 pm: Workshop for the general public led by CoSciences.
  • 4:30 pm: Book hunt.
  • 5pm: Short film screenings.
  • 5:30 pm: Official opening.
  • 6 p.m.: Guided tour for officials