Visits and activities

Make discovery fun

Our children’s workshops explore photography through a variety of artistic practices. Children aged 6 and over are encouraged to experiment with different techniques, from collage to drawing, printing and painting. The theme of the workshops varies according to the exhibitions, and the playful aspect allows children to learn while having fun.

All workshops are supervised by a mediator.

Come and have a great time with your family!

For your family museum getaways, we offer fun, educational tours. An opportunity to familiarise yourself with the museum and its works through the exhibitions.

A different way to learn

At Photo Elysée, we encourage young people to immerse themselves in the world of photography and are delighted to welcome school groups. For these tours, admission to the museum is free for students and the people accompanying them.

Reservation for classes is mandatory, with or without a guided tour.

Reservations :

The museum made easy

For teachers accompanying their students on a visit without a guide.

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Inclusions is a collection of furniture and contemporary design classics that Thomas Mailaender has revisited by using images that would otherwise have been thrown away. These photographs, documents, and bits of rubbish that were found at flea markets or simply lying on the ground, are set in resin and then incorporated into the furniture. The French artist thus replaces, for example, the surface of the famous Le Corbusier LC6 table, the seats of the iconic Ikea stools, and integrates these pieces of synthetic material into the wood of a Poul Kjærholm table.

A kind of fossil, forever associating images that have been abandoned and were doomed to disappear, each piece of resin encapsulates a memory. So many lost stories that hope to find a new path in our imagination, to foster dialogue and reflection.

Commissioned by the museum, this intriguing and iconoclastic installation has been specially created for the new education space. It is designed to be used and to prompt discussion on photography and the importance of images in our lives. Without creating any new images, Mailaender plays with the ones he finds and collects. He (re)gives them form through these everyday objects and invites us to make connections.

Photography at your doorstep!

The Photomobile reaches out to audiences who are unable or unaccustomed to visiting the museum. It offers studio sessions led by professional photographers. People supported by socio-cultural institutions in the Canton of Vaud are invited to take part.