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The exhibition "Reading the Sky" focuses on the understanding of the night sky in the Mediterranean, viewed from Earth. From the first surveys of the ancient Mesopotamian sky to the vogue for contemporary astrology, including medieval Arab-Muslim astronomy and the Galilean revolution, societies in the Mediterranean basin have referred to the stars to situate themselves in the cosmos and organize themselves on Earth. Knowledge and beliefs circulated between the shores, founding a common culture of the sky that still informs our contemporary approach to the stars. "Reading the Sky" presents exceptional works of art and everyday objects that bear witness to this history, compared with contemporary works of art that respond to them. In a transdisciplinary approach dear to the Mucem, the exhibition combines archaeological, scientific, and ethnographic objects with works of art, manuscripts, and oral heritage. It presents more than one hundred works from the Mucem's collections and benefits from more than two hundred loans from national, regional, and international collections.
“Reading the Sky” Exhibition – Under the Stars in the Mediterranean
Mucem
Esplanade du J4, 13002 Marseille
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