From September 25, 2026, to September 27, 2026

Since 2022, the Lambert Collection has been developing a civic collective bringing together residents of social housing, people in precarious situations, social workers, artists, and members of the museum team. Established over the long term, this collective explores the role of the museum as a space for shared research based on life stories and situated experiences. Previous projects have laid essential groundwork: Notre musée (2022) examined what gives an object its value, between institutional recognition and personal attachment, while À samedi! (2024) shifted the focus to the hospitality of cultural spaces and their capacity to be inhabited.

In 2026, the collective opens a new chapter focused on the notion of family/families, alongside artists Emilie Rousset and Louise Hémon. What does it mean today to create a family when life paths are marked by ruptures, distance, or forms of emotional recomposition? Within the context of social housing, how can we think of family not as a fixed model, but as a lived experience—sometimes fragile, often in need of reinvention?

This project runs from December 2025 to the end of 2026 and will culminate in an exhibition during the C’est pas du luxe! festival, from September 25 to 27, 2026, before becoming part of the Lambert Collection’s regular programming.

Through this new chapter, the Lambert Collection reaffirms its commitment to artistic projects developed with the public, attentive to contemporary social realities, and offering new ways of envisioning the museum’s role within the city.

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