The mheu | A historical museum of the urban environment

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A place of attraction, a place of fascination

The city inspires artists who in turn influence the way the city evolves.

The mheu

guides visitors keen to immerse themselves in urban history.

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What is the mheu?

The mheu is a virtual museum that offers thematic exhibitions comprising a range of works including pictures, literature, sound and video.

Urban utopias

In urban planning, as elsewhere, the utopian ideal is more than an instinctive desire for a better world: it is also a source of progress...

Fire

Appropriation as an all-around symbol or technological mastery? The domestication of fire has taken two distinct paths, merging and separating like the dancing flames of a wood-burning fire.

The Street

Aside from being a simple thoroughfare, a street is a melting pot of social interaction: a mix of intermingling, work, exchange, celebrations, protests, trade, transport and housing (though sadly not for all). The street is a shared space and a communal area that brings people together.

Ragpickers

Collecting garbage and sorting it for recycling… A pretty topical issue! Yet this is a very old occupation, which saw its heyday in the 19th century and was an inspiration to many artists.

Bathing

Although we may naturally associate the bath with keeping clean, it has not always been that way… there was a time when immersing the body was even thought to be dangerous! From mythology to hygiene, the pleasures and the dangers, here is a panorama of the practice of freshwater bathing through the medium of some thirty works of art.

Timeline of all works on show at the mheu