Droit de vote et élections : cycle à Vermand

I am inviting you to Vermand, where the Musée du Vermandois and the Vermand media library are devoting the end of 2026 to the right to vote. The exhibition « Droit de vote et élections, de 1789 à nos jours » is on show at the media library from 1 October to 31 December 2026.

Alongside it, a series of talks and meetings runs from October to December. Historians, researchers and specialists shed light on the history of suffrage, electoral practices and political movements, in France and in Germany alike.

The announced topics cover a lot of ground: elections as seen in press cartoons, the first elections by universal suffrage in 1848, women's political voice, the peaceful revolution of 1989, the winning of women's right to vote, the sociology of voting and Germany in 1932. Film debates punctuate the programme too, notably around Dennis Gansel's The Wave and the German film Die Hälfte der Welt gehört uns, about women's fight for the vote.

All the talks are free unless stated otherwise, as with the film debate at the CGR cinema. The listing gives neither the exhibition opening hours nor the detailed dates of the next talks, so I suggest you check with the media library before you go.