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Augmented reality (AR) experience Snapchat

Dance at Versailles

Thanks to the AR Studio Snapchat Paris and augmented reality technologies, the Palace of Versailles invites you to relive the art of Baroque dance. Explore four major forms of historical dance, experiencing Snapchat Lens that bring to life the steps, gestures and costumes of court balls.

Life on the Estate

Talk to the sculptures of the Gardens of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles offers, thanks to a partnership with Ask Mona and OpenAI, a unique experience for its visitors: twenty iconic fountains and statues from the Gardens become narrators of their own stories. For the first time at Versailles, these masterpieces of heritage speak and engage in conversations with the public.

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Life on the estate

Cycling in the Estates of Versailles and Marly

With several dozen kilometres of pathways, the Estates of Versailles and Marly are a great place for cyclists, either on their own, as a family, or with a group, on self-guided routes.

Web series

The Great Organ of the Royal Chapel

The organ of the Royal Chapel sits on the gallery above the altar in a splendid array of gilding and sculpted decoration. Its fascinating history, which began in 1679 long before the construction of the final chapel, continues today thanks to the skilled hands of those who play and maintain it.

Versailles, a Solidary Castle

Versailles, a Solidary Palace

Within the framwork of its artistic, educational, and cultural missions, the Palace of Versailles is developing its educational actions, as it aims to welcome the largest possible audience and assure acess to culture for everyone.

Great works

Restoration

Restoration of the Dauphin’s apartment

The project to restore the Dauphin’s apartment, which has been made possible thanks to the support of several patrons, is starting in October 2020 and will last 12 months (to October 2021). This restoration project follows on from the work on the Queen’s State Apartments and the Dauphine’s apartment completed in 2019

Patronage

Patronage

Admirable trees

Admirable Trees

The Palace of Versailles is aiming to draw attention to these trees with a walking tour that will allow visitors to locate and learn more about them.

Patronage

Adopt a linden tree from the Grand Trianon

Take part in the restoration of the Trianon gardens to the state they were in at the beginning of Louis XVI's reign, when a replanting designed by the architect Richard Mique allowed the gardens to be modernised.

Patronage

Support Versailles

Make an online donation to help the Palace of Versailles cope with an unprecedented economic crisis.

Digital

Virtual Reality

VersaillesVR: the Palace is Yours

Thanks to the partnership between the Palace of Versailles and Google Arts & Culture, you can now visit the Palace of Versailles using virtual reality.

Virtual exhibition

Virtual exhibitions

Let's plunge into interactive frescoes and discovers the paintings, sculptures and engravings in a new light.

Virtual reality

Experience Versailles

The Palace of Versailles is offering a virtual reality experience with the application “Experience Versailles”, created with Fondation Orange, which allows visitors to relive the visit by the Ambassador of Siam to the Court of Louis XIV in 1686 and the Yew Ball held by Louis XV.

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