Musée Joffre

Om museet

As early as 1931, after the death of Joseph Joffre, the idea of a museum in his birthplace emerged. The house was listed as a historic monument by a decree of April 20, 1938. After several decades of rental and then neglect, the commune of Rivesaltes acquired it under a life annuity (viager) and carried out the urgent conservation work.

In 1984, a committee chaired by General Cortale was set up to carry the project through. It obtained panels from the army's Historical Service on the Battle of the Marne, and the marshal's universal legatee donated the furniture of the Paris office where Joffre wrote his memoirs, as well as many personal objects. The museum received the “Maison des illustres” label in 2011.

Spread over about 200 m² on three floors, the museum pays tribute to Joffre, to the residents of Rivesaltes who died for France, and to foreign volunteers, in particular the southern Catalans who served in the Foreign Legion during the First World War. The ground floor occupies the former cooperage workshop of Joffre's father.

Højdepunkter

• Birthplace of Marshal Joffre, a listed historic monument
• Reconstructed family apartment with the birth room
• Office with the furniture where Joffre wrote his memoirs
• Battle of the Marne shown with an animated relief
• Tribute to the Catalan volunteers of the First World War

Permanente udstillinger

• Parcours de la maison natale – Panels on Joffre's career on the ground floor, the family apartment with the birth room, and the office on the first floor.
• La bataille de la Marne – On the top floor, an animated relief and a slideshow present the Battle of the Marne.

Entrépriser & rabatter

Prices are published on the museum's visitor conditions page.

Tilgængelighed

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

Admission is free for visitors with reduced mobility. The website does not describe the building's accessibility, which spans three floors.

Børn og familie

Free for children under 12; supervised school groups enter free.

Transport & parkering

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Service & spisesteder

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Arrangementer & udlejning

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