Musée de Guéthary

Om museet

The museum was established in the 1950s on the ground floor of the Villa Saraleguinea, an early 20th-century Basque-style house, to house the donation of the sculptor Georges Clément de Swiecinski. This collection includes sculptures, ceramics and many drawings. The villa stands in the heart of a landscaped park where sculptures by Claude Viseux and Dominique André and mosaics by Michel Duboscq are displayed.

In 1984, Roman remains were discovered near the Guéthary railway station; successive excavations revealed a fish-salting factory from the High Empire. The museum's archaeological collection includes, among other things, an exceptional funerary epitaph, unique in southern Aquitaine.

The collections also hold first editions and objects of the Béarnais poet Paul-Jean Toulet, who spent the last years of his life in Guéthary, as well as part of his correspondence. Through Swiecinski's work, the museum also tells the story of this village of fishermen and farmers that became an elegant seaside resort. Since 1985, it has hosted contemporary art exhibitions from May to October.

Højdepunkter

• Donation of the sculptor Georges Clément de Swiecinski (sculptures, ceramics, drawings)
• Remains of a Roman fish-salting factory and a funerary epitaph
• Manuscripts and first editions of Paul-Jean Toulet
• Park with sculptures by Claude Viseux and Dominique André and mosaics by Michel Duboscq
• Basque-style villa from the early 20th century

Permanent udstilling

• Collection permanente – Sculptures, ceramics and paintings from the Swiecinski collection, Roman archaeological holdings, the Paul-Jean Toulet collection, and an account of the history of the village of Guéthary.

Grundlagt

1950

Ejer

Commune de Guéthary (musée municipal)

Ledelse

Jacques Dupin

Besøgende pr. år

ca. 4.167

Entrépriser & rabatter

Gratis entré: Free admission on the third Saturday of every month.

Free admission for members of the Friends of the Guéthary Museum association.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering
• Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

Access by ramp. Parking for people with reduced mobility in front of the museum, reached through the entrance of the Saraleguinea residential complex.

Børn og familie

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Transport & parkering

The museum is in the André Narbaïts municipal park, in the Villa Saraleguinea.

Service & spisesteder

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Arrangementer & udlejning

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