Guided tours
Want to discover LUMA in the best conditions? Follow the guide!
Interested in a group tour?
To find all the information about it, go to our page dedicated to group visits.
Whether you want to learn more about the exhibitions, the landscaped park, the architecture of The Tower or explore it with your family through games...
There are guided tours for all tastes and interests!
Les petits explorateurs de La Tour (visit offered in French)
The Tower becomes, for the duration of a visit, a territory of adventure to be explored with the family. Children and adults are invited, through a playful itinerary and a series of activities, to meet the architect, the designer and the artist, and thus discover an original architecture inspired by the landscapes of Arles and surprising works of art.
Visit offered in French (including timed ticket to enter The Tower).
Language: French
Recommended age: 6 - 12 years
Duration: 1h30
Prices: 10 € full price / 5 € per additional child or adult
The Tower: an artistic and architectural journey
During this guided tour you will be introduced to the LUMA Arles project, and the architecture of The Tower imagined by Frank Gehry. Throughout your journey through The Tower, you will discover the original artistic projects and design research works presented in this extraordinary building.
Visit available in French and in English (including timed ticket to enter The Tower)
Duration: 1h30
Prices: €12 full price / €8 reduced price
Landscapes: discover the natural and cultural ecosystems of LUMA Arles
This guided tour introduces the new connections the LUMA Arles project makes with the local territory and the natural landscapes of the South of France. Throughout the visit, you will discover the landscaped park, the inspirations for the architecture of The Tower, the design research of Atelier LUMA and selected artistic installations.
Visit offered in French and in English (including timed ticket to enter The Tower)
Duration: 1h30
Prices: €12 full price / €8 reduced price
"Through the exhibitions" (in French only)
The mediation team invites you to discover the artistic program of LUMA Arles through a stroll through the exhibitions in The Tower and the buildings located in the landscaped park. This visit will enable you to explore contemporary creation at the crossroads of disciplines and perspectives, through major questions and social issues.
Visit offered in French (including timed ticket to enter The Tower).
Duration: 1h30
Prices: €12 full price / €8 reduced price
Visits of the exhibition « Bioregional Design Practices – Lot 8 Project »
Atelier LUMA presents the renovation project of Le Magasin Électrique, Lot 8, through an exhibition in its agora.
Carried out in collaboration with the agencies BC architects & studies and Assemble as well as a large network of collaborators in the region, the Lot 8 renovation project is the materialization of Atelier LUMA's bioregional design practices within the Parc des Ateliers in Arles.
On site, visitors will be able to discover the technical and aesthetic research carried out and immerse themselves in the history of this pilot rehabilitation, with at the heart of the approach, the valorization of traditional know-how, collective experiments on the site, the development of materials rooted in the Arles bioregion and the creation of a local and international network of expertise to share knowledge.
Visit offered in French (including timed ticket to enter The Tower).
Duration: 1h15
Dates: From May 28 to September 24
Price: Free
Les chroniques des médiateurs (in French only)
LUMA Arles guides invite you to take part in free 20-minute "flash" chronicles exploring three themes.
Women artists and the image → Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m. and Saturdays at 2:00 p.m.
This chronicle gives an introduction and a focus on some of the artists exhibited in the new program.
Meeting point: Level 0 of The Tower
Living in the garden → Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. and Sundays at 10:30 a.m.
From Philippe Parreno to Christodoulos Panayioutou, this chronicle opens up a reflection around the new forms that artworks can take today.
Meeting point: Level -2 of The Tower, at the info point
Moving art → Mondays at 3.30 p.m. and Fridays at 2:00 p.m.
Visitors are invited to discover the garden's flora and fauna and their habitats.
Meeting point: Level -2 of The Tower, at the info point
Language: French
Duration: 20 minutes
Price: Free, reservation no required