19 et 20 septembre 2026 | 43e Journées européennes du Patrimoine à l'IMA

The IMA opens its doors wide for the European Heritage Days, which this year are held under the dual theme of “Photography Heritage” – on the occasion of the bicentenary of its invention – and “Heritage in Peril: Revive, Resist, Reimagine”. Permanent collections, exhibitions, conferences, workshops, activities… Come and discover Arab culture in all its forms! Free admission, reservation recommended.

Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 September

Museum of the Institut du monde arabe

Levels 7, 6 and 4 (access via level 7)

The IMA museum invites visitors to discover the Arab world, beyond preconceived ideas, by presenting the full diversity of its cultures, ethnicities, languages, and faiths, from its origins to the present day.

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Museum exhibition-dossier: Libye, patrimoine révélé

Through a selection of photographs and videos, highlighting the long-term scientific work carried out by the French archaeological mission in Libya (MAFL).

Museum exhibition-dossier: Tenter l'art pour soigner. À l’hôpital psychiatrique de Blida-Joinville dans les années 1960

The output of social therapy workshops conducted in an Algerian institution marked by the emblematic figure of Frantz Fanon.

Exhibition at the library: La Palestine photographiée par Joss Dray

A valuable testimony to daily Palestinian life, its faces, places, and memory, through a photo report from 2001 never before shown to the public.

Saturday 19 September

Meeting-debate | Mémoires de réfugiés : les Palestiniens dans les camps de réfugiés à travers la photographie et la bande dessinée

4:30 PM - Bibliothèque Leïla Shahid (level 1)

With Joss Dray, Amal Khaleefa and Samir Salameh

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Comics workshop | De mémoire de réfugié

From 11 years old - 2:30 PM - Meet on the ground floor, in front of the group cloakroom

As in the album De mémoire de réfugié, which tells the story of a Palestinian refugee from Jordan determined to preserve the memory of the village his family was driven from in 1948, navigate between documents and imagination to create your own comic strip. Workshop led by Samir Salameh, co-author of the album.

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Bookshop-boutique

The IMA bookshop-boutique is open every day, except Monday, from 10 AM to 7 PM. Come and discover THE reference bookshop on the Arab and Mediterranean world.