Mobile exhibitions
The mobile exhibitions are travelling versions of the exhibitions at the Musée National de l’Histoire de l’Immigration and Tropical Aquarium, in a lighter format adapted to suit a variety of spaces.
Designed for young audiences and adults alike, their goal is to disseminate the scientific knowledge covered in the Palais’ programming on a broader level, making its content accessible to audiences in remote locations. They also foster interaction between this content and local collections, along with research and projects being conducted elsewhere, both in France and abroad.
Accessible to structures of all kinds, the mobile exhibitions complete a broad range of educational and cultural tools through which the Palais helps its audience discover key subjects in contemporary society, both on- and off-site.
Palais de la Porte Dorée : off-site exhibitions
The Palais de la Porte Dorée is a historic monument in Paris that witnessed French colonial history and is now home to the Musée National de l'Histoire de l'Immigration and the Tropical Aquarium. The cultural site is open to all types of public, with the purpose of informing debates on contemporary issues and attitudes to migration, climate disruption, and questions relating to identity and memory.
Coming soon in 2026
Starting June : Migrations & climate. How to inhabit our world? Climate change now affects every region of the world. Across the planet the links between environment and migrations, whether locally or internationally, are raising many questions. This complex link has become a major research topic over recent decades.
At the same time retrospective, current and prospective, the exhibition situates the relationship between migrations and climate over a long period of time to oppose certain common preconceptions and measure the complexity of the subject, including the challenges generated by the impact of human activity. It also presents answers and solutions, whether they come from the populations concerned or from international organisations.
Starting September : An exhibition designed around the European research project Undeterred (UNintentional Discrimination dETEcted and Racism REvealed and Deactivated) on structural discrimination in public policy and in the everyday lives of young people.
Mobile exhibitions in circulation
Banlieues chéries
At the crossroads of art, history, and social dynamics, the traveling exhibition Banlieues chéries offers a sensitive immersion into the heart of the suburbs—unique territories too often perceived through reductive lenses.
East and Southeast Asian Immigration since 1860
This mobile exhibition looks back at the key moments and landmark events of a century and a half of East and Southeast Asian migration in France.
Trails
The exhibition looks back at the long-standing presence of Roma, Manouches, Sinti, Gitans, Yenish people, and Travellers in France, as well as the development of control and discriminatory measures directed against them since the beginning of the 20th century.
Immigration in France, a shared history
Through 12 key milestone dates, the traveling version of the Museum’s permanent exhibition retraces the history of immigration in France from 1685 to the present day.
Jews and Muslims, from Colonial France to the present day
The exhibition offers a fresh and well-documented perspective on the history of relations between Jews and Muslims in France, highlighting the essential role of the State in shaping these relations, both in North Africa and in mainland France.
Thinking outside the boxes. Comics and migration
At the crossroads of cultural history and immigration history, the exhibition explores the issue of migration through the lens of comic books.
Borders. Studying margins to question the world
The exhibition examines the ambiguous and evolving concept of the border. On a global scale, it explores the various ways borders are used. It also addresses the crossing of borders, placing at the heart of the discussion human realities that are often rendered invisible.
Paris-Londres. Music Migrations (1962-1989)
The mobile exhibition Paris-London. Music Migrations focuses on musical movements as spaces of protest. It centers on three decades that saw the settlement in France and Great Britain of several hundred thousand men and women coming from the colonies and former colonies of these two countries.
Ciao Italia ! These Italian immigrants who shaped France
The exhibition revisits the history of Italian immigration and its contribution to French society and culture. It traces the journeys of the men and women who migrated from Italy, from their departure to their arrival in France, and highlights the xenophobia they had to face at the time.
Mobile exhibitions, a user guide :
In the Paris region
Mobile exhibitions are distributed by the Musée National de l’Histoire de l’Immigration and by several of its distribution partners.
Several of these exhibitions are reserved for players in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, thanks to the support of the CD93, partner of the Museum since 2011.
In the region or abroad
Present across the entire country and abroad, our partners can make their copies of mobile exhibitions available. Find them on our map of mobile exhibitions on the history and memory of immigration in France.
Please email all requests for loans to : itinerance@palais-portedoree.fr / +33 (0)1 53 59 64 01
In the Île-de-France region, from January to June, civic service volunteers lead free guided sessions at the venues hosting the mobile exhibitions. These sessions take the form of a discussion with the public about the exhibition (50 minutes) or, for certain themes, an educational workshop (1 to 2 hours). Your active participation in the discussion is welcome!
It is also possible to request a guided session as part of a loan.
Requests for guided sessions should be made by email a few weeks before the loan dates.
Mobile exhibitions are available as printable files.
The Palais de la Porte Dorée will send files for printing free of charge, and will cover copyright transfers for an agreed-upon period of time. Printing and translation costs must be covered by the partner establishment.
Partners may create additional exhibition panels using a template provided by the Palais. These panels can be on specific local history, a portrait…
Contact us for more information : itinerance@palais-portedoree.fr / +33 (0)1 53 59 64 01
How to initiate a cultural project ?
Mobile exhibitions can be integrated into broader projects: educational and cultural projects, collections of testimonials and objects…
To facilitate the development of these projects, the Palais can provide advice on resources or, in certain cases, make the connection with contributors.
On request, the Palais can also provide communications tools (poster templates, logos). To ensure that general communications guidelines around mobile exhibitions are respected and that information is relayed correctly, any communications documents must be approved in advance.
Feel free to contact us : itinerance@palais-portedoree.fr / +33 (0)1 53 59 64 01