Since the beginning of October, the Quimper Museum of Fine Arts has entered a phase of work until 2026.
During the temporary closure of the building, several exhibitions are offered in different locations in Quimper. Focus on the program for the start of 2025.
UNTIL JANUARY 17
EHPAD King Gradlon
THE MUSEUM AT THE KING: THE CHRISTMAS STORY
Discover within this welcoming architecture, giving pride of place to light, the story of the Nativity and the meeting of the shepherds and the Three Wise Men with the Child Jesus. This iconographic tradition has influenced many Western artists. This selection brings together generations around the origins of the holidays.
Monday to Friday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Free
UNTIL FEBRUARY 15
Penhars home for all
THE FINE ARTS MUSEUM AT THE HOME FOR ALL OF PENHARS: FEST
18 reproductions of works of art illustrate the festival in Finistère: unmissable Breton dance to the sound of traditional music embodied by couples of ringers. These joyful gatherings give pride of place to costumes on the occasion of pardons, weddings, a market or a parade. These paintings, covering the beginning of the 19th century until the 1940s, come from the section of Breton inspiration of the museum and show a stylistic evolution from realism to modernity. This display is carried out as part of the Fest’Deiz Cabaret of the Quimper music and theater conservatory, scheduled at the MPT on Sunday February 2 afternoon.
During MPT opening hours
Free
FROM JANUARY 8 TO MARCH 21
EHPAD Retirement
THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS AT RETIRES: THROUGH THE SEASONS – WINTER
The museum is initiating a program of hangings throughout the seasons with winter, the selection of 15 reproductions of which has been refined by residents. These paintings, mainly from the 19th and 20th centuries, come mainly from the French and Breton sections of the museum. The journey takes you from cold to warm: snowy landscapes, wrapped-up characters, interiors offering the soft crackling of a fireplace.
Monday to Friday from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Free
FROM JANUARY 21 TO MARCH 21
ARPAQ Association of Retirees and Elderly People of Quimper
THE MUSEUM AT ARPAQ: A QUIMPEROISE WALK WITH MAX JACOB
20 reproductions take you along the Odet, through the streets of the medieval city of Quimper of yesteryear, or into its neighborhoods. You will also meet Max Jacob, a poet with a tragic destiny born in Quimper in 1876, who frequented the artists of the Parisian avant-garde at the turn of the 20th century. They portrayed him tirelessly to preserve the memory of this master thinker.
Exhibition reserved for ARPAQ members
FROM JANUARY 29 TO MARCH 7
MJC de Kerfeunteun
THE MJC MUSEUM: EACH HIS FASHION!
Like a parade, a gallery of 28 portraits and characters from the museum’s collections will give everyone a carnival desire. There you will find ideas for costumes and accessories (hats, masks, wigs and hairstyles, fans, jewelry) combined with makeup to disguise yourself as a beautiful lady of yesteryear, a king and princess, a fisherman or a Breton but also as a legendary characters. A source of inspiration from the past!
