The Musée National du Sport de Nice (National Museum of Sports) is getting us into the mood for the most anticipated sporting event of 2024, the Paris Olympic & Paralympic Games, with an exhibition produced in collaboration with the Louvre.

VICTOIRES (VICTORIES)

On view until 17th September 2023, this exhibition links past & present through a variety of themes that highlight values commonly shared by Antiquity & the world of sports: the triumphant body, peace, freedom & fame.

It is a great honour for the Mougins Museum to take part in this exhibition thanks to the loan of two black-figure amphorae from the 6th century BC. One of them represents hoplites in a duel (MMoCA59), the other, Heracles fighting Geryon (MMoCA103) - details of both artefacts can be appreciated on the attached image.