After a brief history of the shelters used by the first explorers of the Kerguelen archipelago, discover how scientists work today in these lands located between the roaring 40th and the screaming 50th through the peculiarity of their expeditions to the four corners of the archipelago thanks to the shelters and huts that allow them to be closer to their subjects of studies: penguins, sea elephants, albatrosses and endangered glaciers.Laëtitia Thérond is the scientific and cultural director of the Espace des Mondes Polaires Paul-Émile Victor. She led five missions to the Kerguelen Islands to carry out, in particular, the archaeological map of the archipelago.With Jean-Yves Besselièvre and Lénaïg L'Aot-Lombart, Laëtitia Thérond is the author of the book Trip to the Austral lands – Crozet & Kerguelen, from their discovery to the present day, published in 2022 (co-edition Locus Solus/Musée national de la marine).Without prior reservation and within the limit of available seats.AccessibilityMobility Impairment

During this weekend specially dedicated to the architectural heritage of the polar worlds, we invite you to create small constructions inspired by polar self-supporting structures: radomes, igloos.From 10 years old (accompanied by an adult).Without prior reservation and subject to availability. Free time.AccessibilityMobility Impairment

During this weekend specially dedicated to the European Heritage Days, the Museum of the Polar Worlds offers unannounced flash visits (depending on the attendance) around the following themes: the architecture of the Espace des Mondes Polaires Paul-Émile Victor; live as a "Eskimo among the Eskimos" in the time of Paul-Émile Victor; the life of a scientist in a Fillod hut in Kerguelen.These flashy visits will take place in the building, in the museum or in the temporary exhibition Polar passions, when dreams lead to the poles. AccessibilityMobility Impairment

During this weekend of the European Heritage Days specially dedicated to architectural heritage, we invite you to watch short films broadcast in loop, including the following movies: History of a Place: the metal constructions Fillod – France 3 - 19 20 Edition Franche Comté – March 30, 2017 © Institut National de l'Audiovisuel- The Space of Polar Worlds Paul-Émile Victor / Views on architecture and development in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, 2018 edition (Matthieu Berner - 08/2018). This film was made as part of the Palmarès de l'architecture et de l'aménagement en Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, an initiative of the Union Régionale des CAUE de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. AccessibilityMobility Impairment

A true immersion in the heart of ice, the Musée des Mondes Polaires Paul-Émile Victor is an invitation to explore the Arctic and Antarctic.In the middle of monumental landscapes, the permanent exhibition offers you a unique journey to discover the riches of these fascinating regions. Your visit will lead you to meet researchers and explorers, polar animals (naturalized), models of boats or even objects of Inuit art. By following in the footsteps of Paul-Émile Victor, the museum also draws up an inventory of the polar regions and raises the question of their future by crossing history with life sciences and the Earth, ethnology with glaciology, economics with ecology. Faced with today’s questions, issues and challenges, the Musée des Mondes Polaires Paul-Émile Victor gives a voice to explorers, scientists and contemporary artists to bring their share of knowledge, dream and imagination about these regions. As many insights to better understand the human, environmental and economic issues related to the balance of the planet, by questioning us for example on the future of the polar bear in its natural environment or that of the Inuit peoples.The temporary exhibition Polar passions, when dreams lead to the poles, is dedicated to the French polar explorers as well as all other "polar" who, through their passion, perpetuate in their own way the right to dream. Dreamed spaces, places of wonder and theatres of imagination: the poles do not leave indifferent. At the origin of polar dreams, two names emerge: those of Jean-Baptiste Charcot and Paul-Émile Victor, the most illustrious French polar explorers. Through their charisma, their stories of expeditions and their willingness to encourage young people to achieve dreams, they have inspired and still inspire generations of dreamers of the poles.Phone0339508020BookAccessibilityMobility Impairment