Louvre hosts La fête des formes from 19 to 31 October
Published on 10/24/2026 at 12:03 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSFamily programme and museum setting
- La fête des formes runs at the Louvre Studio from 19 to 31 October 2026.
- Bérénice Milon collaborates with museum artists on construction play and a shapes workshop.
- The Louvre began as a fortress in 1190 and became a public museum in 1793.
- UNESCO included the banks of the Seine, including the Louvre, on its World Heritage List in 1991.
The Louvre (Musée du Louvre) in Paris is running La fête des formes from 19 to 31 October 2026, bringing a family programme into the museum’s Studio. The activity is part of the Louvre’s Toussaint holiday programme and combines construction play with a shapes workshop led by museum artists.
La fête des formes brings family making to the Louvre Studio
The Louvre lists La fête des formes as a family event taking place in the Studio from 19 to 31 October 2026. The programme is designed for the Toussaint school holiday period, which runs from 17 October to 1 November 2026.
The official event page describes a construction game and a workshop centred on forms. The activities are accompanied by the museum’s artists, while the Studio is presented as a space for children and adults to explore creativity alongside the collections. The programme therefore gives the holiday schedule a specific setting inside the museum rather than treating it as a general Paris activity. The official Studio programme names the venue, dates and activities.
The museum’s agenda also places the event on the programme for Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday during the period. The listed activity is separate from a family weekend held on 17 and 18 October, so the 19 to 31 October dates identify the continuing Studio offer during the school holidays.
The Louvre’s palace history frames the Studio programme
The Studio sits within a museum whose present use reflects a long change of purpose. The Louvre began as a fortress with defensive walls in 1190, became a royal residence in 1364 and was designated for an arts museum during the French Revolution in 1791. The Muséum Central des Arts opened in 1793, after which the palace increasingly accommodated collections and public displays.
The building’s scale helps explain the range of activities that can take place within it. The museum has nine curatorial departments and about 30,000 works on display, while the palace contains 403 rooms and 70,000 square metres of exhibition space. The Studio programme places a hands-on family activity inside this much larger museum environment, linking construction and forms with the architectural setting rather than presenting a standalone children’s venue. These historical and statistical details come from the Louvre museum overview.
Paris and the Louvre within the Seine World Heritage site
The museum stands in central Paris on the right bank of the Seine. UNESCO’s listed property, Paris, Banks of the Seine, extends through the historic river landscape and includes the Louvre among the major monuments along the banks. The property was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991, giving the Studio activity a contemporary family focus within a protected historic urban setting.
For visitors, the practical distinction is clear: the programme is scheduled in the Studio, while the museum’s wider collections and palace interiors form the surrounding context. The UNESCO World Heritage record identifies the Louvre as part of the historic Seine-side ensemble.
Visiting Louvre: what travellers from Western Europe should know
- La fête des formes is scheduled at the Studio from 19 to 31 October 2026, during the Louvre’s Toussaint holiday programme.
- The activity consists of construction play and a shapes workshop accompanied by the museum’s artists; the listed venue is the Studio.
- The Louvre is in central Paris, in the 1st arrondissement on the right bank of the Seine.
- The surrounding museum is a former palace whose history includes a fortress built in 1190, a royal residence from 1364 and a public museum opened in 1793.
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Frequently asked questions about Louvre
When does La fête des formes take place at the Louvre?
La fête des formes runs from 19 to 31 October 2026 in the Studio at the Louvre.
What is La fête des formes at the Louvre?
It is a family activity featuring construction play and a shapes workshop accompanied by the museum’s artists.
Where is the Louvre and how do you get there?
The Louvre is in central Paris, in the 1st arrondissement on the right bank of the Seine.
