Please touch

Please touch! L'art et la matière is an invitation to contemplate works of art through touch. Reversing the codes and instructions of the traditional museum visit, this exhibition tells the story of Western sculpture from Antiquity to modern art. The main theme is human figuration, which is explored through tactile reproductions of works. Techniques, materials, subjects: the work of art reveals itself in a new way, awakening our senses.

A collective, itinerant approach Initiated in 2016-2017 by the Musée Fabre - Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole in partnership with the Musée du Louvre, this original, collective, itinerant exhibition presents reproductions of works from seven French regional museums (Montpellier, Lyon, Rouen, Lille, Bordeaux, Nantes and Rennes), all members of FRAME - FRench American Museum Exchange, a cultural cooperation network that has linked thirty-two French and North American museums (USA and Canada) since the early 2000s. Blind and visually impaired people have also been involved in the project from the outset, as part of an inclusive and collaborative approach.

The exhibition offers a full range of mediation tools for all audiences: loan of eye masks, audio-guides, Braille labels, Braille and large-print booklets, Easy to read and understand (FALC) booklets... To fully benefit from this experience, it is advisable to visit the exhibition in pairs. As the museum is a privileged place for encounters with physical objects and sensitive knowledge, visitors can extend their discovery with a tour of sculpture in the permanent collections. In particular, you can see Marta Pan's original sculpture, Balance en deux (walnut wood, 1957), whose fragile balance you can experience at first hand in the exhibition.