Discovering the professions of the City of Paris through its professional heritage

Name: Discovering the professions of the City of Paris through its professional heritage
Start: 2026-10-08T08:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-10-09T14:00:00.000Z
Location: Réserve de la MPP

Uncover the hidden history of the capital through a unique collection of tools and artifacts that have defined Parisian daily life for over a century. Test your knowledge by guessing the purpose of these vintage relics and share your own stories about the city's public services. It is a rare glimpse into the machinery that keeps Paris running smoothly.

Réserve de la MPP (Paris 19th)

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Discovering the collections of the Professional Heritage Mission is to take a journey back in time that allows you to measure the evolution of techniques and professional practices over more than a century.

You will be asked to guess the function of a number of objects and to share your experiences as users of Parisian public services in relation to the objects preserved.

This visit can be prepared or supplemented by consulting the MPP website: patpro.paris.fr

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Behind the scenes of mail sorting and franking at the City of Paris
Accompanied by an agent, follow the journey of mail from receipt to dispatch. Discover the actions, tools, and organization that allow thousands of documents to be processed every day.
FreeOct 8–9Metro Hôtel de Ville
Discovering the professions of urban planning instructor and street landscape inspector / How are urban planning authorization applications processed? Our experts answer your questions!
From October 8 to 10, the City of Paris and its staff are organizing the 2nd edition of "City Jobs, Life Jobs". Workshops, meetings, exclusive visits: come discover the missions of those who make Paris thrive!
FreeOct 8Metro Bibliothèque François Mitterrand
Measuring the City
From October 8 to 10, the City of Paris and its agents are organizing the 2nd edition of "City Professions, Life Professions". Workshops, meetings, exceptional visits, come and discover the missions of those who make Paris live!
FreeOct 9Metro Bibliothèque François Mitterrand
Go behind the scenes of the Labor Exchange
Discover how the daily management of a historic building hosting Parisian unions is organized. An immersion into the many facets of a coordination and management profession, within this unique place.
FreeOct 10Metro République
Understanding how the City works: meeting our accountants
Discover how financial teams track expenses and revenues that allow public services to run on a daily basis as well as major projects for Paris!
FreeOct 8Metro Temple
Caretaker for a day at the René Binet educational farm (18th)
Discover the work of the urban farmer and participate in feeding the animals.
FreeOct 11Tram Angélique Compoint - Porte de Montmartre
Language Garden: Dutch and Lithuanian discovery workshops
On the occasion of La Rentrée des Cultures organized by the Forum of Foreign Cultural Institutes in Paris (FICEP), get introduced to Japanese and Polish cultures and languages
FreeOct 10–17Tram Porte d'Asnières - Marguerite Long
Hiking Navigation and Map Reading Workshop
In partnership with the Compostelle 2000 association, the Tourism and Travel Library invites you to participate in a hiking map reading workshop.
FreeOct 17Metro Trocadéro
The Language Garden at Saint-Éloi
On the occasion of The Return of Cultures organized by the Forum of Foreign Cultural Institutes in Paris (FICEP), get introduced to multilingualism at the Saint-Éloi library!
FreeOct 3–10Metro Reuilly Diderot
Myriapods: discovering millipedes
[Workshop] Related to crustaceans, millipedes are little-known animals. Come and discover some Parisian species during an indoor presentation followed by an outing in the Parc Floral de Paris.
FreeOct 30
Genealogy Introductory Workshop
A workshop put together by the media library teams to familiarize you with the basics of genealogical research.
FreeOct 17Metro Faidherbe Chaligny

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