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Exhibition

Exhibition - Madame de Sévigné Through the Pages

Toulon

To mark the 400th anniversary of Madame de Sévigné, a leading figure in French literature and the art of letter-writing, the library of the Toulon Museum of Art invites visitors to explore historical documents from its collections.

01September2026

30September2026

From 01/09 to 30/09/2026 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday between 12 pm and 6 pm. On Sunday between 1 pm and 6 pm.

Closed on Mondays

Free entry.

Toulon Bibliothèque du Musée d'Art

113 bd Général Leclerc - 83000 Toulon

Several display cases will showcase the writer’s correspondence, as well as biographies and plays that explore her life and literary journey.

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Exhibition

Exhibition – Madame de Sévigné Through the Pages

Bibliothèque du Musée d'Art 113 bd Général Leclerc 83000 Toulon

To discover

Writing Workshop: The Dizzy Pen

Who would you write to if you really dared? A workshop led by Alice Lemoine and offered as part of the 400th anniversary of Mme de Sévigné.

Movies – Madame de Sévigné

Screening of the film "Madame de Sévigné" by Isabelle Brocard (2024, 1 hr. 32 min.) as part of the "Madame de Sévigné" special event organized by the Toulon public libraries to mark the 400th anniversary of her birth.

Lecture – Madame de Sévigné: A Woman and Her World in the Grand Siècle

By Geneviève Haroche-Bouzinac, author of *Madame de Sévigné: A Woman and Her World in the Grand Siècle* (Flammarion, 2023), which won the 2024 Goncourt Prize for Biography. As part of the 400th anniversary of Madame de Sévigné.