Rascally Paris

Cabarets, literary cafés, song and cinema: the exhibition invites visitors to stroll through the daring and festive Paris, from the Belle Époque to the 1960s pop years.

Panel by panel:

• The Moulin Rouge, the French Cancan and the nights of Pigalle
• Montmartre and its artists
• Montparnasse, its legendary cafés and the painters of the School of Paris
• Saint-Germain-des-Prés, existentialism and the jazz cellars
• Édith Piaf, the sparrow of Paris
• Paris on screen: Port of Shadows, Hôtel du Nord and their cult lines
• Theatre of the absurd, rock'n'roll and romantic Paris

Audience: teenagers and adults. Ideal for: a French song evening, a film season, a heritage or intergenerational event.