32nd European Heritage Days at UM
A major cultural event at the start of the academic year, European Heritage Days attract an ever-growing audience eager to discover prestigious sites steeped in history.
This year, the 32nde This edition highlights "21st-century heritage." It's an opportunity to introduce the general public to the rich heritage of the University of Montreal through tours and lectures on Saturday, September 19, and Sunday, September 20.
Self-guided tour of the building
Located since 1795 in the former episcopal palace, previously the monastery of Saint Benoit and Saint Germain, the Faculty of Medicine includes an anatomy amphitheater and an anatomy conservatory. The complex is classified as a historic monument and houses prestigious medical and artistic collections.
Opening hours: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
2, rue Ecole de médecine.
Conferences in the Assembly Hall
- The many lives of manuscripts: from parchment to digital / September 19 / 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Speakers: Hélène Lorblanchet and Pascaline Todeschini, library curators
- Works from the University of Montpellier's 1% Art Program / September 19 / 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
After a presentation on the 1% artistic program and its implications for the UM campus, there will be a discussion on the richness and challenges of this initiative.
Speakers: Catherine Dumon, DRAC visual arts advisor, and the Microclimax collective.
- Op art comes to the University of Montpellier: focus on the restoration project for a work by Yaacov Agam / September 19 / 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Appearing in the 1950s, Op Art is an artistic movement with special links to science (optical illusions, perception games, etc.)
Speakers: Marie Dominique Bidard, art teacher, and Noémie Miralles, museum collections manager.
- Innovation, robotics, and medicine / September 20 / auditorium / 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Speakers: François Bonnel, professor emeritus, and Christophe Bonnel, physician;
- Contemporary Scientific and Technical Heritage / September 20 / 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
The PATSTEC mission, led by the CNAM, aims to preserve and promote the scientific and technical heritage of the future.
Speakers: Françoise Olivier, in charge of promoting historical heritage, and Audrey Théron, head of the PATSTEC mission.
Films in the anatomy amphitheater
- The mystery of the Antinoe mummies (arte): the story of the mummies at the Anatomy Conservatory.
- Presentation of the Anatomy Conservatory.
39 University Street
Guided tours on September 19
(2 visits in the morning / 2 visits in the afternoon) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Henri IV Boulevard
Themed tours on September 19
- Remarkable plants by Didier Morisot at 11:15 a.m. and 2 p.m.
- The tall trees of the Garden by Régis Meuzeret at 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
- The Jardin des Plantes, heritage of the 21st century by Daniel Jarry at 11 a.m.
- The busts and the Systematic School by Emmanuel Spiq at 11:30 a.m., 3:00 p.m., and 4:55 p.m.
- The Jardin des Plantes, heritage of the 21st century by Thierry Lavabre-Bertrand at 3:30 p.m.
- The Martins greenhouse and succulent plants: their biology and geographical origin by François Georges at 10:30 a.m. and 2:15 p.m.
On-site registration on the day – maximum 25 people per group (15 for the Martins greenhouse tour).
Open house on September 20
From 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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3, Place du 14 Juillet – Béziers
Exhibitions / guided tours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Vibrations in the gardens of the world
Shimmy Shimmy Belly is a 1% Net-Art work, a virtual garden that changes in real time based on weather data collected from around the world. A digital art expert will explain the interactive aspects of this work created by the Qubo Gas collective and place it in the context of contemporary digital creation.
- Like Lego with memory
With the help of the University of Montpellier's departments and laboratories, the Béziers University Institute of Technology has patiently assembled a collection of computer data storage media and a few mysterious scientific objects. An exhibition on computer memory.
- Towards a third-generation campus
The Béziers University Institute of Technology (IUT) is located on Place 14 Juillet. It was once known as the Champ de Mars. This multimedia exhibition presents a history of the site in images: a time-lapse video of the construction of the IUT on screen. When the applied art of 3D virtual worlds meets research...
Work by Adrien Gomez, associate professor.
Sète Marine Station
Lecture and self-guided tour on September 19 at 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 12:30 p.m.
- Marine life, a heritage to be preserved in the 21st century and promoted for cultural and economic development.
Exhibition: "The Art of Knowledge: Medieval Manuscripts from Clairvaux to Montpellier"
The32nd edition of European Heritage Days will also mark the start of a unique exhibition organized at the university medical library from September 19 to October 31 entitled "The Art of Knowledge: Medieval Manuscripts from Clairvaux to Montpellier."
An exhibition that invites visitors to discover why, seven centuries apart, the abbots of Clairvaux and Gabriel Prunelle, librarian at the Faculty of Medicine in Montpellier in the early 19th century, chose to honor the same documents that were precious to their communities.
She presents a selection of these manuscripts that demonstrates both the variety of subjects covered and the monks' ambition to gather all knowledge.
Exhibition rooms at the University Medical Library.
Free admission on September 19 and 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.