Now showing at LUMA Arles: David Armstrong, Liu Chuang, Maria Lassnig, Philippe Parreno, and Tony Oursler
2025 European Night of Museums
- Family |
- Visual art |
- Architecture |
- Environment
- Free, booking no required
For the European Night of Museums, LUMA Arles will be open with free admission from 6:00 pm to midnight.
Special activities will be organized throughout the evening, between 6:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.
Informations pratiques
Free access to The Tower and all exhibitions from 6:00 p.m. to midnight.
Last entrance to The Tower: 11:30 p.m.
Landscaped park closes to the public at 8:30 p.m.
Parc des Ateliers, LUMA Arles, France © Adrian Deweerdt
Parc des Ateliers, LUMA Arles, France © Adrian Deweerdt
Evening program for Saturday, May 17, 2025
Free activities
6:00 p.m. - Midnight (Last entrance to The Tower: 11:30 p.m.)
Enjoy a free access to The Tower from 6:00 p.m.and (re)discover the new LUMA Arles program.
One visit every hour, from 7:00 p.m.
Accompanied by our mediation team, discover the new exhibitions.
Open to all
Duration: 20 min
Meeting points in The Tower:
- 7:00 p.m.: Dance with Daemons, Main Gallery, Level -2
- 8:00 p.m.: Sensing the Future: Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.), Living Archives Gallery, Level -2
- 9:00 p.m.: Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives Chapter 5: Maria Lassnig ‘Living with art stops one wilting!’, Cherry Tree Gallery, Level -2
- 10:00 p.m.: Dance with Daemons, Main Gallery, Level -2
- 11:00 p.m.: Sensing the Future: Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.), Living Archives Gallery, Level -2

© Adrian Deweerdt

Workshop from the 2024 edition of the event © Victor & Simon / Grégoire d'Ablon
From 7:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (non-stop)
From lines to curves, from dots to paths... It's by flipping through the pages of flipbooks that the movement appears. Flipbooks are the origin of animation. This workshop will help you create your own flipbook using a variety of techniques.
Open to all
Meeting point: Level 0 of The Tower
From 7:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (non-stop)
This workshop invites you to create your own “regardoscope”, an object that allows you to look at your surroundings in a different way.
Open to all
Meeting point: Level 8 of The Tower
Free activities upon reservation
At 6:00 p.m., 6:45 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
A slug settles in at the Parc des Ateliers, dreaming of sliding down the toboggans. It meets the many inhabitants of the garden, each sharing their experiences with the young slug. And so begins a bizarre yet amusing journey...
Young audience: children between 3 to 6 years old (must be accompanied by an adult)
Meeting point: level -2 of The Tower
At 9:30 p.m. or 10:30 p.m.
The Parc des Ateliers reveals its secrets by night. This walk is an opportunity to (re)discover the landscaped park and its historic past.
Open to all
Duration: 45 minutes
Meeting point: Level 0 of The Tower

Night view of The Tower and Cour des Forges © Adrian Deweerdt

Pizza from Terrasse des Forges © Adrian Deweerdt
Dining at the Parc des Ateliers
The Tables du Parc will be open from 6:00 p.m. to midnight.
- Café du Parc - until 11:00 p.m.
- Terrasse des Forges - until midnight
- Drum Café - until midnight (bookings recommended)