Lectures at Voltaire: History of collections and story collectors

Discover the Château de Voltaire's new offer for the 2024-2025 season and take part in an art history cycle around the collection with historian Charlotte Debraine.

If the history of art is made by artists, the role played by collectors is also primordial. Without artists, there would be no creation, but without collectors, the artistic landscape as we know it today would be quite different.
Artists and collectors have always been inseparable. Private collections have always fascinated the public, as much for the diversity of the works and artists that make them up as for the great freedom of choice in acquisitions.
Although the profile of the collector has constantly evolved throughout the history of art, certain constants still characterize it: a free eye and a quest for specialization, a passion born of an assertive taste and a sensitivity for quality, and the desire and pleasure of opening one's collection to the public.
From the cabinets of curiosities of the 17th century to the contemporary art foundations of today, this is another facet of art history that we invite you to explore over the course of these five sessions.

Date

Monday 30 September 2024 between 7 pm and 8.30 pm.

Wednesday 11 December 2024 between 7 pm and 8.30 pm.

Wednesday 12 February 2025 between 7 pm and 8.30 pm.

Wednesday 9 April 2025 between 7 pm and 8.30 pm.

Wednesday 11 June 2025 between 7 pm and 8.30 pm.

Rates

Rate Min. Max.
Full price (from 30/09/2024 to 11/06/2025) 11€
Reduced price (from 30/09/2024 to 11/06/2025) 7,50€

  • Bank/credit card
  • Check
  • Travellers Cheque
  • Cash
  • Contactless payment
  • Culture Pass

Services

Adapted tourism

  • Accessible for wheelchairs with assistance
  • Accessible for self-propelled wheelchairs
  • Possibility of drop-off in front of the site
  • Reception staff sensitized to the reception of people with disabilities

Host language(s)

  • French