Newcomers with a heart of gold!

The Vannes Olympique Club has managed to claw its way into Ligue 2 for the first time in history. This is a boon for this unknown club from the Morbihan region who will be trying to walk in the footsteps of nearby Lorient.

Fans, on the other hand, aren't going to have the greatest expectations. They know that the number one goal, with so small a budget, will be to keep above the water level to stay in Ligue 2. Let's hope Stéphane Le Mignan puts his money where his mouth is! They dominated the "National" championship, let's hope they do the same in Ligue 2!

The alphabet of history…

Museum collections have often been put together by seemingly ordinary men who were no more than victims of circumstance; brought by chance to discover a field of research, they often became passionate scholars, archeologists or explorers…

For example, naturalist Frédéric Cailliaud came across egyptian civilisation during the Napoleonic campaigns. In 1882 he embarked on an expidition up the Nile to the antique city of Meroë - he returned with countless artefacts and a mine of information. There is also Louis Audemard who travelled to Carthage in 1889 and brought back a collection of funerary urns…

These botanists, mineralogists, doctors, printers, artists, preachers and explorers all shared a common culture - they worshipped curiosity and asked only to transmit what they had learned.

Breath slowly…

The Organic & Well-Being Fair opens its doors to the public; this fair is a showcase organic products and services related to improving general well-being. For consumers to find what they need in this world of products, the fair has been organised around a theme.

Given the large number of stalls, visitors will be enlightened in many different fields: renewable energies, well-being, health-care, fair trade and making the most of natural habitats.

Long live the newlyweds !

Getting married in France??? Or maybe you just like to plan ahead…

Make your wedding day the most romantic day of your life, perfect to the last detail. From finding the dress or tuxedo of your dreams to that most important of items, the rings… The Wedding Fair is the perfect place to start! Vendors can present you with ideas for honeymoons, reception halls, jewellery, flowers, cakes, entertainment, everything short of turning you into a princess! Fashion shows regularly present hairstyles and gowns throughout the day. So say "I do" to the Salon du mariage!

Centuries of light.

Opened in June 2005, the museum's new presentation of its permanent collections of paintings offers a new outlook on the works of the 19th and 20th centuries.
For the most part, these are landscapes whose common feature is an attempt to grasp rhythm, colour and light and fix this impalpable illusion on canvas.
In the 19th century, painters began experimenting with outdoor painting.
Little by little, light begins to dissolve the subject and lead towards abstraction.
This progress towards modernity can be traced through the works of Elodie La Villette, Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet, Jean Le Moal and Geneviève Asse.