The Grimaldi Forum Monaco launched a specialized series of youth workshops on Monday, structured to run in tandem with its major summer exhibition, "Monaco and the Automobile, from 1893 to the Present Day." The educational program, which spans from July 6 through July 17, 2026, operates daily from Monday to Friday at 10 Avenue Princesse Grâce. Designed by the cultural center to engage younger demographics with the Principality's long-standing motorsport heritage, the sessions partition participants by age group to optimize the learning environment. Children aged 5 to 8 meet during morning sessions from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., while older children aged 9 to 12 attend afternoon modules from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
To maintain instructional quality and safety standards, the organizers have capped attendance at a maximum of 25 children per half-day session. The curriculum bridges artistic creation with technical history, utilizing structural modeling, vintage graphic design analysis, and civic responsibility exercises over a five-day cyclical program.
The instructional sequence begins with a focus on Grand Prix mechanics, where younger children construct model vehicles using recycled cardboard while older students assemble and paint wooden Formula 1 models, supplemented by educational booklets detailing basic vehicle components. The second day transitions to historical design and advertising, requiring participants to analyze original midcentury automotive advertising posters from the 1930s through the 1970s before drafting their own A3-format promotional collages. This is followed on the third day by a focused study of aerodynamics and clay modeling, which prompts a detailed observation of open-wheel racing dimensions that culminates in structural clay sculpting.
Civic responsibility forms the core of the fourth day, during which instructors utilize customized board games for younger attendees and interactive escape-room scenarios for older cohorts to teach standardized road signage and traffic safety protocols. The week concludes with a collaborative group workshop titled "The Supercars of Grimaldi Forum." In this final phase, younger and older children combine into unified teams to establish fictional racing stables, design custom brand logos, and decorate large-scale model cars. The finished structures are subsequently displayed inside the main lobby of the Grimaldi Forum for public viewing.
Individual sessions are priced at €25 per child, with full five-day weekly enrollment packages available at €110 for either the first or second week of the program. Booking operations and program inquiries are managed directly through the cultural center's central ticketing registry. The initiative reflects a broader trend among European cultural institutions to integrate formal historical retrospectives with interactive, youth-oriented public programming that converts regional heritage into accessible community education.
Photo credits: Grimaldi Forum