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Les Baux-de-Provence, France

Carrières des Lumières

Paintings projected forty metres high on the walls of a limestone quarry.

Not a museum in the traditional sense: a former quarry where entire oeuvres are projected across stone walls and floors, set to music, so you walk through the paintings.

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Opening hours and prices change regularly — always check the museum’s own site before you travel.

Do not miss

  • Immersive projections on quarry walls
  • Changing annual programmes
  • The quarry itself

On show & coming up

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On nowWith kids
Picasso, Art in Motion
Feb 13, 2026

A retrospective projected across 7,000 m² of quarry wall — paintings and drawings, but also the engraving, sculpture, collage, paper folding and ceramics Picasso kept moving between. Artistic direction by Virginie Martin.

On nowWith kids
Frida Kahlo, At the Very Heart
Feb 13, 2026

The short programme accompanying Picasso: Kahlo's colours, symbols and emotions across the quarry walls.

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