Program of the WFFM Annual General Assembly

Participants will be welcomed at the Fort Saint-Jean MucemLab

Venue : MucemLab in Fort Saint-Jean
Public Transport : Bus 60, 82, or 83, bus stop : Capitainerie du Port

This meeting will be held in the most ancient meeting room in Marseille.

Tour du roi René du fort Saint-Jean
Public Transport : Bus 60, 82, or 83, bus stop : Capitainerie du Port

Le Panier

Centre de la Vieille Charité

Special invitation from Marina Lafon-Borelli for Ambassadors to visit her private collection of fine earthenware.

Details of Venue and directions will be given later

The cocktail will take place on the site of the ancient port. The relics bear witness to the origins of the oldest city in France, founded around 600 BC.

Site du Port Antique, Musée d’histoire de Marseille
Bus 60, 82, or 83, bus stop : Vieux Port

Salon bleu du Mucem

Bus 60, 82, or 83, bus stop : Mucem Saint-Jean

Participants arrive by their own means at Square Villeneuve Bargemon, where 26 pots of olive trees are displayed representing the city's 26 centuries of existence.

Meeting Point : Place Villeneuve Bargemon (next to the Town hall), 13002

Bus 60, 82, or 83, bus stop : Hôtel de Ville

The “North Shore” Group

This group will cover the Old Port's north shore and its emblematic sites.

• The Grand Rue, reflecting the town's Greek origins and the historic houses
• The Roman docks museum built on the same grounds where the dolia were found
• A walk through the Panier district, the Préau des Accoules, the children's museum

The “South Shore” Group

This group will cover the Old Port's south shore and its emblematic sites.

• Crossing the port by ferry boat
• Then heading to the Abbey of Saint-Victor, a treasure from the early Christian era, of Roman architecture and considered the soul of Marseille
• The Rive Neuve quayside, a former arsenal for Louis XIV's galleys
• The Marseille Opera House, an exceptional testimony to decorative arts in France.

At the end, this group directly joins the Center of the Vieille Charité.

Venue : Artagon Epopée Village

Le numérique, un ami qui nous veut du bien !

To assist in our development, to exchange more easily with our members, and to increase exchanges between our associations.

It is an indisputable fact! During the pandemic, digital technology brought our associations and members out of isolation by communicating on our museums and our initiatives and limiting the number of members likely to drop out. Today, for the benefit of our associations, it is time to use more digital technology and more efficiently. The round table will welcome 4 or 5 representatives of the Friends of Museums Associations from all over the world. Their testimonies will allow to:

• Evaluate the concrete contribution of digital tools: recruitment, loyalty, increasing visibility, developing new projects, boosting our activities…
• Select the most adequate tools depending on the problems to be solved by the Friends of Museums Associations and give them the key points to use them.

Venue : Marseille’s History Museum Auditorium
Bus 60, 82, or 83, bus stop : Vieux Port

Departure from the History Museum by private bus

Venue : Môle Passédat, Mucem

Dress code : TBAL