For this year’s edition of the Brussels Museums Nocturnes, the House of European History welcomes Live Magazine for a night of true stories. An immersive experience – in words, sounds, images – where artists, photographers and film directors will tell stories about Europe. Stories that are intimate and global, of profound importance to those who tell them, unforgettable to those who hear them.

The European Union (EU) has been a remarkable experiment in multi-level governance, economic integration and multilateral diplomacy. However, it has also exemplified an important if not courageous democratic experiment.  Never before has an equally ambitious democratic project been attempted beyond a nation state. Professor Jan Zielonka will try to assess the success and failure of this experiment. Although the European Parliament has acquired more powers in recent treaties, the EU’s legitimacy has not visibly increased.

The Medium is the Message: the art of European posters

First online lecture of the series “Europe on posters”

In light of its temporary exhibition When Walls Talk, the House of European History is organising the series of online lectures “Europe on posters.” Experts will discuss the role of posters over the past 100 years of European history, how they shape ideas about art and their role in the evolution of the public sphere.  

What is Europe? What should Europe be? Two seemingly very simple questions, but with a variety of widely different answers. For some, Europe is a geographic concept. For others, a political one. Some look at it through the lens of the European Union and among them, there are those who view it primarily in economic and trade terms, while others believe it should be much more active in fields such as healthcare, employment, the social agenda, the environment, defence and foreign affairs.

To mark the museum’s fifth anniversary and the Open Day of the European Institutions, the House of European History invites you to take part in a series of activities on the topic of Europe. Thematic guided tours on democracy, sharing of testimonies from young Europeans, artistic performances and panel discussions in the light of the Conference on the future of Europe will animate the museum throughout the weekend. 

PROGRAMME

Saturday, 7th of May

To mark the museum’s fifth anniversary and the Open Day of the European Institutions, the House of European History invites you to take part in a series of activities on the topic of Europe. Thematic guided tours on democracy, sharing of testimonies from young Europeans, artistic performances and panel discussions in the light of the Conference on the future of Europe will animate the museum throughout the weekend. 

PROGRAMME

Friday, 6th of May