Between June and September this year, as part of their Urban History series, the National Museum of History and Art (MNHA), and the Museum 3 Eechelen, are organising four guided tours of the city’s historical sites, starting this Saturday. 

Saturday, 17 June, 14:30 to 16:00
Park, Casemates and J.P. Pescatore Foundation
Departure point: 13, Avenue Jean-Pierre Pescatore
Arrival: Avenue Jean-Pierre Pescatore
Language: French

The visit recalls the origins of the Pescatore Foundation, explains the choice of the location of the establishment, its architecture and its original installations, including a visit to the chapel, as well as the casemates of the old fort Berlaimont. Organised in cooperation with the JP Pescatore Foundation. The fee is €5 payable on the tour. The ticket is also valid for free entry to the M3E. Speakers: André Bruns, / Robert L. Philippart

Sunday, 16 July, from 10:30 to 12:30
From military wastelands to the optimal city
Departure point: Cercle-Cité, Place d'Armes (Arcades)
Arrival: Casino, Forum of Contemporary Art
Language: in Luxembourgish

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of London declaring the neutrality of Luxembourg and demanding the dismantling of fortifications, this tour offers a discovery of the conversion of the ancient fortress city into an open city. The fee is €5 payable on the tour. The ticket is also valid for free entry to the M3E. Speaker: Robert L. Philippart 

Sunday,13 August, from 10:30 to 12:00
The department stores of the Belle Epoque in 1960
Departure point: Place de la Constitution
Arrival: Rue Aldringen (Hotel des Postes)
Language: in Luxembourgish

The tour shows how the ancient fortress city turns into a shopping city. It explains the organisation of commerce in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The conference visit describes the place of the hotel industry in the economy of the city. The guided walk again questions the commercial character of the architecture of commerce. The fee is €5 payable on the tour. The ticket is also valid for free entry to the M3E. Speaker: Robert L. Philippart

Saturday, 16 September, from 14:30 to 15:30
"Haptwuecht" and Heintz van Landewyck park
Departure / Arrival: 31, Rue de Hollerich
Language: French

In 1902, Joseph Heintz-Michaelis rebuilt the former guard house of the Prussian garrison in the park of his tobacco factory. A matter of amateurism, or rather of patriotism? The tour reveals an unusual place usually closed to the public. The fee is €5 payable on the tour. The ticket is also valid for free entry to the M3E. Speaker: Robert L. Philippart 

For more information, see: www.histoireurbaine.eu, or http://www.m3e.public.lu, email: info@histoireurbaine.eu, or telephone: 621 21 54 24 // 0352/44 49 29