Enchanting summer evenings: spend an evening at the museum

By / 9 June 2021

The museum is open in the evening from 6 PM to 11 PM on 20th August 2021.

 
Visit the three floors of the museum independently, accompanied by the guides and curators of the exhibition, who will be present to welcome you and answer your questions.
 
This summer evening will allow you to explore the museum at unusual hours. It is also an opportunity to discover the new temporary exhibition «Religious Magic and Sorcerous Powers» at an exceptional price.
 
Health pass required
 
Time slot bookings 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM – 8:00 PM – 8:30 PM – 9:00 PM – 9:30 PM – 10:00 PM – 10:30 PM
 
Please present yourself within the quarter hour of your reservation. Limited capacity. Mask required.
 
Evening prices €8 per adult – €4 for 6–12 year olds. 
 
(N.B: audio guides will not be handed out this evening. Self-guided tour)
Limited to 49 people – no health pass
 
It will also be possible to discover our virtual reality experiences On these evenings, the entrance fee is included in the price of the virtual reality experience. Please do not book your entrance + the VR experience separately. Reservations aside, this way.
 
 

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20 August 2021

THE TEMPORARY EXHIBITION TO DISCOVER THIS EVENING 

Religious magic and sorcerous powers 

Beliefs and representations of the invisible between the Upper Rhine valley and Vodou Africa

From 11 March to 30 October 2021

Magic and sorcery are at the heart of many civilisations, yet they retain a great many mysteries. The manipulation of powers, forces, and spirits, by men and women imbued with occult powers enabling them to communicate with the forces that govern the world, most often aims to respond to a threat, a trauma, or simply the concerns of daily life. Magic and its practices are a mirror that reflects an individual’s deepest emotions and desires, but also the spiritual, geographical, and cultural context of an entire society at a given time.

Witches, sorcerers, healers, bone-setters, seers, unhexers, exorcists… Who are they, who are they and what roles are they given? What are their tools, their regalia? The exhibition «Religious magic and sorcerous powers »explores magic and its practitioners, from the upper Rhine to Vodou Africa, and deconstructs a reality composed of a multitude of practices and beliefs across time and continents.

Exhibition designed by the Château Vodou team.

 

The objects in the exhibition:

Ecomusée d'Alsace

Alsatian Museum of Strasbourg

Musée du Pays de Hanau, Bouxwiller

Château Vodou Strasbourg

Private Collection Heidinger

Private Collection Leser

Private Macchi Collection

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