Les Bassins des Lumières Ticket
Why Visit the Bassins des Lumiéres?
Make your way to Les Bassins des Lumières to enter this unique, interactive art gallery located in Bordeaux's former submarine base. Opened in the summer of 1999, Les Bassins des Lumières is home to huge immersive digital exhibitions dedicated to the great artists of art history, contemporary creations and major current themes including the conquest of space of comic strips. Les Bassins is also the largest digital art centre in the world. What more could you ask for?
Within Les Bassins itself, you'll find 4 massive basins, with a continuous cycle of digital and immersive exhibitions:
- The Immersive Citerne: a 155 metre-squared (1,668 square feet) space with 7-metre (23-foot) high ceilings, that allows you to lie down or sit down and get a different perspective.
- The Cube: a 220 metre-squared (2,368 square feet), 8-metre (26-foot) high space dedicated to contemporary artists working in the field of immersive art, there's also a parallel exhibition of works by established and emerging digital artists.
- Large Mooring Buoys: various images from temporary exhibitions are projected onto the water.
- The Base Museum: explore the history of the old submarine base and discover its fascinating past.
While you can spend as much or as little time at Les Bassins as you'd like, it usually takes around an hour to take in the exhibitions.
Currently at Les Bassins des Lumières
Currently on display as special expositions at Les Bassins des Lumières you'll find:
From Vermeer to Van Gogh, The Dutch Masters
This exhibition presents the genius of the painters from northern Europe through immersion via an authentic experience. Step into the reality of everyday life, and follow in the footsteps of these great masters who took an extraordinary approach to the ordinary!
In this exhibition, which runs until January 29th 2025, you'll be able to see, digitally and in large format, various masterpieces of Dutch painting. The main works on display include Rembrandt's The Night Watch and Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring.
Show Schedules
The 2024 temporary exhibition schedule is as follows:
The Dutch Masters
- November 5th to December 19th, 2024: Monday and Tuesday from 10 am to 6 pm, Wednesday from 10 am to 2 pm, Thursday from 10 am to 6 pm, Friday from 10 am to 8 pm, Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm
- December 20th, 2024 to January 5th, 2025: from 10 am to 2 pm
- January 6th to 29th, 2025: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 10 am to 6 pm, Wednesday from 10 am to 2 pm, Friday from 10 am to 8 pm and Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm
Please note that, in all cases, final admission will be an hour before closing time.
Special Schedules
- Thursday, December 12th, 2024: closing time will be at 6 pm
- Friday, December 13th, 2024: closing time will be at 6 pm
- Wednesday, December 18th, 2024: closing time will be at 4 pm
- Tuesday, January 14th, 2025: closing time will be at 12:30 pm
More Information
Included
Admission ticket to Les Bassins des Lumières
When to book?
You can book up to the tour start time subject to availability. Book now to guarantee your spot.
Type of voucher
Electronic. Show the voucher on your phone.
Accessibility
Wheelchair accessible. This must be indicated in the reservation.
Sustainability
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This particular activity contributes as follows:
- No printing of documentation required.
Provider
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Les Bassins Des Lumières
Corporate name: SAS BASSINS DES LUMIERES
Pets
Not permitted.
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