Passés intérieurs

Dijon is home to an archive that is unique in Europe. Nearly 700 post-death inventories, covering the period from 1390 to 1459, give us a glimpse into the homes of the people of Dijon. This temporary exhibition reveals these interiors through digital reconstructions. For the duration of the exhibition, immerse yourself in medieval housing in Dijon, reconstructed from archival sources. Five inventories, five interiors, five life stories illustrate the daily lives of the people who lived there at the time. Explore the rooms of their homes and discover the everyday objects of a craftsman, a maid or a winegrower... The exhibition also invites you to gain a better understanding of the work carried out by historians on these documents. Analysis, questioning and cross-referencing with other archives allow us to draw clues from these sources about the domestic intimacy of past generations.