Effervesciences

From April 18 to April 26, 2026

In connection with the summer exhibition « Léonard de Vinci, Master of Water » (June 6 – September 13), dive into the fascinating world of water with your family!

Through 17 interactive workshops, children explore water’s transformations, its natural cycle, and its remarkable properties.

Guided by passionate facilitators, both children and adults also engage with the key challenges surrounding this vital resource: how to preserve it, use it responsibly, and understand its essential role in our daily lives.

• 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• Free access, included with the admission ticket

Theatrical Nights

July 16, 17 and 18, 2026, at 9:30 PM

Online ticketing: coming soon

Flâneries Nocturnes

7 & 8 August 2026

The Clos Lucé invites you to relive the magic of Renaissance royal evenings, when the château and its park are illuminated in a thousand lights. In 2026, street arts take center stage with the Quidams company and their performance TOTEMS.

Since its creation in 1994, this French company has been transforming public spaces through visual and poetic creations combining metamorphosis, giant costumes, and light. In TOTEMS, striking figures rising up to 4.5 meters tall come to life and move through the space, creating a mesmerizing immersive experience.

Practical Information

From 8:30 PM to 11:30 PM

Prices
Adults: €25 / Children (7–18): €15 / Ambassadors: €20 / Free for children under 7

“Day visit + Evening strolls” pass
Adults: €35 / Children (7–18): €20 / Free for children under 7

Online ticketing: coming soon

Picture: Simon Garnier

European Renaissance Music Festival

25, 26, 27 September 2026

Don’t miss the Centre-Val de Loire region’s must-attend early music event. The three concerts of this new program will take place on the main stage of the Halle Muséographique, located in the château’s park. Echoing the exhibition “Leonardo da Vinci, Master of Water,” the 21st edition of the festival features programs inspired by this theme.

Friday, September 25 and Saturday, September 26 / 8.30 pm

Les Arts Florissants, conducted by Paul Agnew, returns to the Clos Lucé with the Sixth Book of Madrigals by Claudio Monteverdi, composed in 1614 in Venice, a city shaped by water.

At the crossroads between Renaissance polyphony and the first dramatic impulses that would later give rise to opera, this collection explores human emotions with exceptional expressive depth. It notably includes the Lamento d’Arianna, the only surviving fragment of the opera Monteverdi composed for the 1608 festivities at the court of Mantua.

• Adults: €40
• Children (7–18): €15
• Ambassadors: €32
• Free for children under 7

Sunday, September 27 / 3.30 pm

Ensemble Clément Janequin, led by Dominique Visse, presents a second program centered on two major late 16th-century works: Barca di Venetia per Padova by Adriano Banchieri and L’Amfiparnaso by Orazio Vecchi.

Barca di Venetia per Padova depicts a lively boat journey from Venice to Padua, blending popular language with refined polyphony, and portraying market scenes, travelers’ dialogues, and vivid social tableaux. L’Amfiparnaso, a madrigal comedy conceived as a form of “musical theatre,” brings together expressive vocal scenes that range from love laments to humorous episodes, uniting the rigor of polyphony with the freedom of popular song.

• Adults: €27.50
• Children (7–18): €10
• Ambassadors: €22
• Free for children under 7

Christmas enchantment and workshops

November 28, 2026 – January 3, 2027

The château is transformed into a true Christmas workshop inspired by Leonardo da Vinci. Automata, mechanical toys, and animated objects—both antique and interactive—come to life throughout the rooms. Gears, wheels, and articulated systems punctuate the visitor experience. The scenography, designed using natural materials, highlights visible mechanics within a warm atmosphere enhanced by the gentle glow of fireplaces.

The magic continues outside the château, where illuminated installations await you: a starry archway, a mechanical carousel, a sparkling fountain, and a photo frame.

Included with your admission ticket.

Leonardo da Vinci, Painter and Architect Galleries

Since June 2021

LEONARDO DA VINCI PAINTER GALLERY

The 17 masterpieces produced by Leonardo da Vinci will be projected onto the walls and ceiling of the ground floor gallery thanks to digital technologies. Along with the preparatory drawings on show, they create an original and spectacular exhibition that visitors can engage directly with. This imaginary museum presents treasures from the Louvre in Paris, the Uffizi in Florence, the Vatican Museums, the National Gallery in London, the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, the National Museum in Kraków, the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg and the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. and immerses visitors into the Tuscan master’s painted works.

Faces, smiles and hands, perspective, the Last Supper, the blue horizons of the landscapes on his canvases all intertwine in this fascinating and lyrical circular journey through his artistic creativity.

LEONARDO DA VINCI ARCHITECT GALLERY

This exhibition offers a fun and educational tour of the achievements of Leonardo da Vinci the civil, religious and military architect, town planner and talented stage director of spectacular festivities. Facsimiles, drawings, life-size models, digital tables and 3D animation bring these disciplines to life.

In the multimedia room on the first floor, come and explore a 3D reconstruction of the Royal Palace of Romorantin designed by Leonardo da Vinci for King Francis I, through a video game created specially for the exhibition.

Where: in Leonardo da Vinci's park Price: included with your admission ticket

To whet your appetite, watch our podcast and visit galleries from your own home! (in French).