Maison du Patrimoine de Sedan - Centre d'Interprétation de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine

The Maison du Patrimoine is a Center for the Interpretation of Architecture and Heritage (CIAP) and is part of the City of Art and History label, which Sedan obtained in 1999. The Ministry of Culture awards the label "Ville ou Pays d'art et d'histoire" (City or Country of Art and History) to territories that commit to protecting and animating their heritage, and signs an agreement with them. Today, more than 195 Cities and Countries of Art and History highlight heritage in its diversity throughout France. Actions to promote heritage are set up, coordinated by the Architecture and Heritage Coordinator: - guided tours, - visits and workshops with schoolchildren, - events such as the European Heritage Days, the Rendez-vous in the Gardens, the National Architecture Days... - publication of discovery tours, brochures on the history of the city, - exhibitions. Within the framework of the agreements signed with the State, each City or Country of Art and History is committed to creating a CIAP. An Interpretation Center of Architecture and Heritage is a place of presentation of the territory in its urban, historical and architectural dimension. It aims to give the inhabitants as well as tourists, children as well as adults, the keys to understanding the city, before or in addition to a visit. A CIAP is not a museum in the sense that it does not present collections, but plans, photos, models, materials, architectural projects... that make you want to go and see the city for real! Called "Maison du Patrimoine", the CIAP of Sedan includes : - a permanent exhibition showing the urban evolution through the centuries as well as themes specific to the territory, - a temporary exhibition room, - a reception and a documentary space, - an activity room for schoolchildren, - the offices of the Heritage Department. The House of Heritage is accessible to the hearing impaired thanks to transcriptions, to the visually impaired thanks to audioguides and to people with reduced mobility.

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