The International Heritage Fair will take place from 29 October to 1 November 2026 at the Carrousel du Louvre, in Paris. A must-attend event for the sector, it will bring together over 300 exhibitors and more than 20,000 visitors. This year, its theme will be ‘Lighting up Heritage’, which is featured on the event’s poster.
For its 31st edition, the International Heritage Fair is focusing on a theme that brings together creativity, technology and the transmission of expertise: ‘Lighting up Heritage’.
Whether functional, artistic or symbolic, light plays a fundamental role in the perception, restoration and enhancement of built and movable heritage: it reveals materials, highlights volumes, extends the history of places and plays a key part in their contemporary presentation.
Through this theme, the fair organised by Ateliers d'Art de France aims to promote the trades and companies that conceive, manufacture and install lighting for heritage sites, whether historical, religious, civil or landscape.
Right from the poster, the theme comes to life: an exceptional chandelier created by Ombres & Facettes is featured alongside an image of a sound and light show projected onto the façade of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, a monument managed by the Centre des Monuments Nationaux. These two regular exhibitors at the fair illustrate the breadth of expertise that ‘Lighting up Heritage’ aims to showcase, from artistic lighting to the illumination of major monuments.
Ticket sales will open soon, and the list of exhibitors and the programme will be published online in the coming weeks. To stay up to date, sign up for the fair newsletter.
Cathédrale Notre-Dame De Paris, Spectacle de son et lumière © Bruno Seiller, Photo © Cécile Septet / Centre des Monuments Nationaux • Lustre : Ombres & Facettes © Alex Gallosi • Design graphique : www.lamanufacture.net