Luxembourg's national history and art museum, the MNHA, offers each month a guided tour dedicated to a single artwork; these tours are now offered in four different languages (French, German, English and Portuguese) and take place on Tuesdays at lunchtime, and on Thursdays in the evening, taking advantage of the Museum’s longer opening hours on that day (see below).
These visits are an opportunity to get to know some of the museum's artworks in more detail. Looking at and discussing one single artwork over a longer time than during a usual museum visit can give us surprising insights. In spite of concentrating on a single work, doing it collectively also broadens our horizons as we try to go beyond the artwork per se and the guide’s mediation.
The visits are free, as is the Museum’s entrance, and last 20 to 30 minutes.
“Artwork of the month”: The Vichten mosaic
RENC'ART
- FR – 12:15 - 12:45 & 19:00 - 19:30 - 1 September - 3 September 2015
- DE – 12:15 - 12:45 & 19:00 - 19:30 - 8 September - 10 September 2015
- EN – 12:15 - 12:45 & 19:00 - 19:30 - 15 September - 17 September 2015
- PT – 12:15 - 12:45 & 19:00 - 19:30 - 22 September - 24 September 2015
In the framework of our guided tour "Renc'Art - work of art of the month", get a close-up view of a masterwork of our archeological collection. This month, dive into the Vichten mosaic.
The mosaic from the Roman villa in Vichten was manufactured around 240 AD in a specialised workshop in Trier, where other masterworks of the same period were produced. It depicts in its main section the mythological and literary theme of the nine Muses, daughters of the King of Gods, Zeus, by the Goddess of Memory, Mnemosyne. The large central medallion features Calliope, the Muse of epic and elegiac poetry, together with the prince of poets, Homer.
The Vichten mosaic is one of the most beautiful Roman representations of the nine Muses and an eloquent example of the philosophical and literary culture of the urban elites in Roman Gaul.
