As part of the European Heritage Days, the Département des Alpes Maritimes is offering a range of activities at the Espace culturel départemental Lympia.
Reservations required on the website.
Reservations required on the website.
The Lympia departmental cultural space in Nice brings together two historic buildings, including a former penal colony dating back to 1750 and a pavilion dating back to 1826. Since 2017, it has hosted a varied cultural program supported by the Département des Alpes-Maritimes.
On the program:
GUIDED TOURS OF THE EXHIBITION
SALVADOR DALÍ: DIVINE CREATURES
This guided tour invites you to discover Dalí's bestiary, mirror of his fears and obsessions, and to explore the central place it occupies in his work through the prism of surrealism and its famous paranoid-critical method.
Saturday, September 20 at 3pm
Sunday, September 21 at 11am
Duration: 1h - All audiences - From age 12
PIXEL ART" PARTICIPATORY CREATIVE WORKSHOPS
In this participatory workshop, you'll create a pixel art fresco of a surrealist
creature, based on a binary code. Each participant contributes to the collective work, while discovering surrealism, digital art and the importance of collaboration.
Saturday, September 20, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 21, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Duration: 30 min -All ages - From 5 years upwards
GRAPHIC IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP
"CADAVRES EXQUIS EN FOLIE!
Join us for a playful workshop on the exquisite cadaver, a surrealist game in which each participant
creates part of a work without seeing the others. A collective experience full of surprises to stimulate creativity and celebrate the unexpected.
Saturday, September 20 at 4:30 p.m.
Duration: 1h30 - All ages - From 6 years upwards
Please note: the workshop requires the presence of at least three people.
FANTASY MAKE-UP WORKSHOPS
"MAKE-UP WORKSHOPS: "A HEAD FULL OF WONDERFUL ANIMALS!
Dive into the world of fantastic animals with a colorful make-up workshop.
workshop. Unicorns, dragons and imaginary creatures come to life for a moment of dreams and transformation.
Saturday, September 20, 10.30am to 12pm
Sunday, September 21, 2pm to 4pm
Open to all - From age 4
"LA PARADE DES CRÉATURES FANTASTIQUES",
by Compagnie Planète Vapeur
A fantastic parade featuring a giant articulated grasshopper, musicians and acrobats, will transform the forecourt of the Lympia cultural center into an open-air theater, where the real tumbles into the fantastic and the marvelous.
Sunday, September 21st at 4pm
Free admission, subject to availability
Duration: 1h30 - All audiences
Reservations required on the Lympia website: espacelympia.departement06.fr
On the program:
GUIDED TOURS OF THE EXHIBITION
SALVADOR DALÍ: DIVINE CREATURES
This guided tour invites you to discover Dalí's bestiary, mirror of his fears and obsessions, and to explore the central place it occupies in his work through the prism of surrealism and its famous paranoid-critical method.
Saturday, September 20 at 3pm
Sunday, September 21 at 11am
Duration: 1h - All audiences - From age 12
PIXEL ART" PARTICIPATORY CREATIVE WORKSHOPS
In this participatory workshop, you'll create a pixel art fresco of a surrealist
creature, based on a binary code. Each participant contributes to the collective work, while discovering surrealism, digital art and the importance of collaboration.
Saturday, September 20, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 21, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Duration: 30 min -All ages - From 5 years upwards
GRAPHIC IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP
"CADAVRES EXQUIS EN FOLIE!
Join us for a playful workshop on the exquisite cadaver, a surrealist game in which each participant
creates part of a work without seeing the others. A collective experience full of surprises to stimulate creativity and celebrate the unexpected.
Saturday, September 20 at 4:30 p.m.
Duration: 1h30 - All ages - From 6 years upwards
Please note: the workshop requires the presence of at least three people.
FANTASY MAKE-UP WORKSHOPS
"MAKE-UP WORKSHOPS: "A HEAD FULL OF WONDERFUL ANIMALS!
Dive into the world of fantastic animals with a colorful make-up workshop.
workshop. Unicorns, dragons and imaginary creatures come to life for a moment of dreams and transformation.
Saturday, September 20, 10.30am to 12pm
Sunday, September 21, 2pm to 4pm
Open to all - From age 4
"LA PARADE DES CRÉATURES FANTASTIQUES",
by Compagnie Planète Vapeur
A fantastic parade featuring a giant articulated grasshopper, musicians and acrobats, will transform the forecourt of the Lympia cultural center into an open-air theater, where the real tumbles into the fantastic and the marvelous.
Sunday, September 21st at 4pm
Free admission, subject to availability
Duration: 1h30 - All audiences
Reservations required on the Lympia website: espacelympia.departement06.fr
Opening times
Opening times
From 20 September 2025 until 21 September 2025 - Open everyday
