the Flight of the Pioneers celebrates European Heritage Days
With Flight of the Pioneers, visitors smoke from the height. Thanks to free access from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., everyone can come and participate in the immersive activities and workshops set up during the european heritage days 2022. The visit to the museum allows you to discover the historical places of theaeropostale such as the general stores, the Maison de la radio or the airfield. For the occasion, the reconstituted office of the famous airmail operating manager, Didier Dauratwill be previewed.
The temporary exhibition
In addition to the permanent exhibition, “the general store”, visitors can also discover thetemporary exhibition, “Antoine de Saint-Exupérya Little Prince among Men”. On this occasion, Arnaud Nazare-Aga, the artist who designed the colorful sculptures of the Little Prince, will be exceptionally present, before his works leave Toulouse for another country.
During these two days of exhibition, the Toulouse museum will retrace the life of the author until his sudden death aboard the Lockheed F-5 Lightning in 1944. Thanks to sound and visual installations as well as unpublished documents and the evocation of legendary aircraft, the visitor will learn more about the second vocation of the author of the Little Prince. The location of the exhibition is not insignificant either since Antoine de Saint-Exupéry becomes pilot airmail on the land of the Envol despioneers, in 1926.
A large choice of activities
- An olfactory journey;
- An interactive quiz (major historical milestones, threads of airmail, puzzles to solve);
- The piano and voice of the Compagnie Un Tournesol sur Jupiter;
- A reading corner;
- Meeting historical figures (mediators in period uniforms from the Airmail Line);
- Intervention of actors to trace the history (reading of the texts of Saint-Éxupéry, anecdotes and show of acrobats);
- Meeting with The Friends of the Flight of the Pioneers (Sessions from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.).
As the entrance is accessible for adults and children alike, children will have the pleasure of participating in interactive and cultural workshops such as the writing workshop. This activity will be available for children from eight years old, both days from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Registration for the workshop is done directly on the Internet. About the restorationit will be possible to have lunch on site thanks to the Argentinian food-truck, Las Chicas.
Practical information :
Where ?
The Flight of the Pioneers
6 rue Jacqueline Auriol
31400 Toulouse
Free parking
When ?
Saturday September 17 and Sunday September 18, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Prices
Free admission
(*excluding writing workshop)
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