Games for looking very closely at the works of Roland Buraud, and a workshop for drawing and painting in turn. And for school classes, a visit sheet with a route through the museum.
From the threshold to the guestbook, the museum follows the course of Roland Buraud’s life. You enter by the threshold: tickets are at the desk.
The museum plan : Room I · Beginnings, Room II · The dancing body, Room III · Le Printemps (Spring), Room IV · The tipping point, The blue period, Les Gynéphores · dessins, Diptychs and Falls · 1 / 2, Diptychs and Falls · 2 / 2, Room VI · Last canvases, Danse · 1987 – 1988 · 1, Danse · 1987 – 1988 · 2, Danse · novembre 1987, Danse · décembre 1987, Danse · janvier 1988 – février 1988, Danse · mai 1988, Danse · novembre 1988, Danse · décembre 1988, Danse · janvier 1989 · 1, Danse · janvier 1989 · 2, Danse · 1987 – 1989 · 1, Danse · 1987 – 1989 · 2, Croquis à la seconde · 1, Croquis à la seconde · 2, Dessins · 1987 – 1990, Drawings, 1990, Dessins · 1993, Signed and numbered prints, Dessins · 1996 – 1997 · 1, Dessins · 1996 – 1997 · 2, Mixed media, Secret cabinet, Digital room · 1 / 2, Digital room · 2 / 2, Room IX · The studio and the film, Room X · Exhibitions gallery, Library, Shop, Thanks, Guestbook
The entrance
The collection
Other spaces
The route
Themed tours
Five tours for seeing the museum differently: in the 3D visit, the guide follows them and stops only at their works.
Musamundo, “the world of the Muses”, is a series of virtual museums. Each one brings together, for the length of a visit, the work of an artist the world has scattered.
Bringing togetherAn artist’s works are now spread across dozens of museums on several continents. Musamundo gathers them in a single building, room after room, in the order of the artist’s life.
Showing them at real sizeEvery work hangs at its real dimensions, lit by its own spotlight, with its label. At last you can see what a photograph hides: a small study and a large painting are not alike.
Letting the texts speakThe words that go with the works are quoted from the original text: the artist’s own, where any survive (letters, writings, inscriptions on the works), and those of witnesses from the artist’s time.
Free imagesThe museum only uses reproductions of public-domain works or images under a CC0 licence, from open-access collections. Every image gives its source and licence.
Admission to the museum is paid, as in a real museum: it is what keeps Musamundo going, with no advertising. Payment is not open yet: for now the ticket desk and the shop run as a demo.
A typical year at the museum: the same events come back every year, month after month.
JanuaryThe painter’s writings
One work, one look : A canvas from the blue period, told up close. Readings : Winter readings: his writings read aloud, in the museum library.
FebruaryRed
“Red” trail : Crossing the museum through colour, up to the canvases of the red period. The children’s workshop : Winter holidays: the big quiz and the artwork puzzle.
MarchSpring
The live tour : The spring tour, with commentary room by room by Etienne Buraud. Voices : A meeting with those who knew the painter.
AprilDance
International Dance Day : On 29 April, the “Body and dance” trail: from the drawings made in Kókó Jaspar’s class to the canvases of the red period. The children’s workshop : Spring holidays: finish a painting by Roland Buraud.
MayNight at the museum
European Night of Museums : The museum open late, with a live night tour. The museum cinema : A film about the painter and his studio, in the projection room.
JuneMusic
Music Day : “Drawing the way you play the piano”: readings and music in the library. School visits : End of the school year: classes visit the museum with their visit sheet.
JulyThe very large formats
“The very large formats” trail : The four- to five-metre polyptychs, at their real size. The children’s workshop : A creative challenge every week of the summer.
AugustSummer at the museum
The museum cinema : Summer screenings in the projection room. Readings : Summer readings: the library’s texts, read aloud.
SeptemberBehind the scenes
European Heritage Days : Behind the scenes of the collection: the storage, the restoration diary, the catalogue raisonné. School visits : Back to school: teachers prepare their class’s visit.
OctoberThe autumn exhibition
Exhibition opening : The year’s temporary exhibition opens its doors, with a live tour. One work, one look : A work from the exhibition, told up close.
NovemberThe catalogue raisonné
Last days of the exhibition : The last live tours before the exhibition closes. The catalogue raisonné : A call to collectors: do you own a work by Roland Buraud? It belongs in the catalogue.
DecemberThe museum celebrates
The live tour : The winter tour, and a look back at the museum’s year. The children’s workshop : End-of-year holidays: colour in a drawing by Roland Buraud.
Every room and every work in the museum, in the order of the visit, on simple pages: the full wall texts, the label and description of each work, and the themed tours. They can be read with a keyboard or a screen reader, and the text can be enlarged.
It is included in the ticket, with no proof needed.