“It builds bridges between the arts, sciences and nature.
» For Frédéric Jousset, the president of Hangar Y, there is no doubt, one year after reopening to the public, this “heritage gem” is doing well.
The new scientific-cultural setting nestled on the edge of the forest has attracted 160,000 visitors over the last twelve months, including 15,000 for the Epic, an immersive reality experience and 3,500 for the Nuit Blanche 2023. In total, the Hangar Y has was the scene of 30 cultural events and 50 professional events.
Meudon, February 2024. Hangar Y reopened its doors in March 2023 and welcomed 160,000 visitors in one year.
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At the end of this month, as part of the Spring of Sculpture, the park will host new works on March 30 and 31: around twenty monumental and very contemporary sculptures, such as “Marilyn” by Joana Vasconselos, pumps giants made with kitchen utensils or “The invisible” by Julien Berthier, a floating rock which, according to the press kit “moves, imperceptibly modifying the landscape and letting us drift between augmented reality, decor, object of pleasure and discourse ecological”.
The park is now free on Wednesdays
This 10 hectare park, with free access on Wednesdays since the start of the year, already has some 27 works which contrast with the gleaming mass of the Hangar and its 10 meter high glass facade.
More than a renovation, it is a real rescue that has been carried out here.
The building, constructed in 1879 from elements of the Paris Universal Exhibition gallery, was closed for more than forty years.
Meudon.
“The Invisible”, a floating rock by Julien Berthier, is one of the new works soon to be exhibited in the Hangar Y park.
Alternately a site of exploit in 1884, when the world's first flight of an airship took off from its depths, then the first Air and Space Museum in 1921, the place was left abandoned at the end of the 1970s, although classified as a Historic Monument.
It took almost two years of work to bring it out of hibernation.
Today, it is used for exhibitions, private events and concerts.
On the other hand, the techno evenings had to be stopped because they generated too much nuisance for the neighborhood.