Every year, the Collège de France opens its doors to the public for the Journées du Patrimoine, an annual heritage days event, giving visitors the opportunity to discover the institution's heritage and facilities.

Since 2011, the Collège de France has also been producing in-house exhibitions, bringing together its historical and scientific heritage with the fields of expertise of its professors. Following Dialogue des civilisations (2015), Ougarit, entre Orient et Occident (2016), Daressy : un savant, des archives (2017), Mésha et la Bible : quand une pierre raconte l'histoire (2018), Le papyrus dans tous ses États de Cléopâtre à Clovis (2021), Champollion 2022. Et l'Égypte ancienne retrouva la parole (2022), the exhibition À bras-le-corps. Savants et instruments au Collège de France au XIXème siècle (2024) is the seventh exhibition organized within this framework.