In spring 2026, at the Grand Trianon, the exhibition "Gardens of the Enlightenment, 1750-1800" offers a unique insight into landscape gardens in the 18th century. The exhibition tour brings together almost 160 works, including paintings, drawings, furniture, architectural plans, and costumes, spectacularly presented to showcase the birth of an art of landscape freed from the rules of the French formal garden and celebrating irregularity, fantasy and a philosophical evocation of nature. With close reference to the gardens commissioned by Marie-Antoinette at the Petit Trianon, the exhibition offers a sensitive rereading of iconic sites which visitors can then discover for themselves, such as the Belvedere, the Temple of Love and the Queen's Hamlet.

Curator

Elisabeth Maisonnier, Chief heritage curator, National Museum of the Châteaux of Versailles and Trianon.

Partners

The exhibition is a special partnership with the Bibliothèque nationale de France

An innovative exhibition exploring the connection between music and video games, revisiting iconic gaming tunes, from the 8-bit era to symphonic orchestras.

Over the past half-century, video game music has established itself as a global phenomenon. An integral part of the lives of several generations, it accompanies everything from personal stories to collective adventures. Long confined to a few functional beeps, video game music - or VGM - has grown alongside technology to become a vibrant, demanding and inventive creative field. It brings together the symphony orchestra and the most experimental electronic music, explores every musical genre and embodies a unique form: that of music which is not merely meant to be listened to, but which is played, experimented with and experienced. The performer becomes the catalyst, the actor, the musician.

Inspired by the structure of video games, the exhibition unfolds like an open world, inviting each visitor to choose their own path through a dynamic landscape blending sound, music and play. The space is organised into several themes, each featuring interactive modules and stations. Around twenty playable games are spread throughout a route enriched with artworks, consoles, instruments, photographs and audiovisual content.

Welcome to the exhibition where you are the hero.

Curators: Fanny Rebillard and Jean Zeid

Scenography: La Sagna & Racine

Exhibition co-produced by the GrandPalaisRmn and the Palais de la découverte (Universcience).

Curators:

Sophie Radix - Co-commissaire et programmatrice expositions, GrandPalaisRmn

Floriane Perot - Co-commissaire et muséographe, Palais de la découverte (Universcience)

Scenography : Studio Bloomer