The First Video Game Museum is Opening in France!
Opening of the First Video Game Museum in France on Wednesday April 14, 2010
Press Release – 02.24.2010
Together, Le Toit de la Grande Arche de la Défense and the communication agency Alerte Orange are presenting the first video game museum in France. The official opening will be held Wednesday April 14, 2010 at 10am on the last floor of La Grande Arche.
Le Toit de la Grande Arche was already behind the first computer science museum, initiated by Philippe Nieuwbourg. It solicited Alerte Orange after their “Retrogaming: 30 years of video game” exposition in Paris last summer, welcoming an enthusiastic public and stimulating wide scale interest.
With the support of the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, and within the framework of the 2010 call for projects on innovative digital cultural services by Cap Digital, NRJ, Game One and many other partners, the Musée du Jeu Vidéo will find its place next to the Musée de l’Informatique (the computer science museum) and will be open every day of the week.
This is the first space entirely dedicated to video games and accessible to everyone. The museum will follow the history of video games, illustrated by the most emblematic consoles, and by less popular machines. Over 200 pieces will be presented to visitors as well as portraits of famous game developers and Game Culture icons to better understand the cultural phenomenon.
Conceived for the nostalgic and for those interested in this booming digital art form, this place plans to democratize and promote the video entertainment culture for the general public.
So that your favorite hobby may finally be recognized as cultural, come support the video game museum!
In Short
Where: on the last floor of la Grande Arche de la Défense
When: open 7 days a week from 10am to 7pm or 10am to 8pm (depending on the season) beginning April 14, 2010.
How to get here: Grande Arche La Défense station, metro Ligne 1 or RER A
Tickets: one ticket provides access to all of the expositions, including the Musée de l’Informatique / ticket price: adults – 10€, children and students – 8€50 / free for children under 6 & handicapped individuals.
For information on Family Passes and Group rates, please call +33(1) 49 07 27 27 or consult: www.grandearche.com
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Contact :
Public relations : ALERTE ORANGE
Chloé FRANCAVILLA
+33(0)1 43 13 14 68
Mail : chloe.francavilla@alerteorange.fr
Toit de la Grande Arche. www.grandearche.com
Inaugurated in 1989 by François Mitterrand, la Grande Arche is the last contemporary monument created on Paris’ historic axis, and is in the heart of the Paris-La Défense business district (3,200 international companies, 162,000 employees, and 25 million visitors per year). The first French museum of computer science opened in 2008 and has already welcomed over 500,000 visitors.
Alerte Orange. www.alerteorange.com
Alerte Orange is a communication agency of forty people dedicated to careers dedicated to the careers of entertainment. As artisan-creatives, for over twenty years, they have been engaged to the “dream makers” in cinema, music, and video games, in which the agency has had an expertise for several years.