Musée Girodet

Om museet

The museum was founded in 1853 in Montargis and bears the name of the painter Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson, who was born in the town in 1767. It is housed in the former Durzy town house, on the edge of the park of the same name. The collections received the “Musée de France” label in 2002. The Friends of the Museum society, founded in 1970 and reorganised in 1988, supports the institution and contributes to acquisitions.

The heart of the collection is the Girodet holding: paintings and numerous drawings that trace his career, from his beginnings in David’s studio to his mature works, which anticipate Romanticism. The most notable are the portraits of the family of Dr Trioson, the artist’s guardian and later adoptive father, centred on “La Leçon de géographie”.

The museum also holds an important studio collection of the sculptor Henry de Triqueti, who was born near Montargis: models for the doors of the Church of the Madeleine in Paris, a plaster of the recumbent effigy of Ferdinand d’Orléans, and preparatory plasters for the chapel of Prince Albert at Windsor. Added to these are older paintings, 19th-century works and an archaeology section.

The building was renovated between 2008 and 2018 to enlarge the exhibition spaces. A flood of the Loing in late May and early June 2016 seriously affected the storerooms, which required a major restoration campaign. Since July 2025, a Micro-Folie, a free-access digital museum, has been installed at the rear of the museum.

Højdepunkter

• Girodet collection: paintings and drawings by the artist born in Montargis
• Portraits of the Trioson family, including “La Leçon de géographie”
• Studio collection of the sculptor Henry de Triqueti, with the plasters for the chapel of Prince Albert at Windsor
• Older paintings and 19th-century works
• Tactile trail and the Micro-Folie digital museum

Permanente udstillinger

• Fonds Girodet et portraits de la famille Trioson – Paintings and drawings by Girodet, with portraits of the family of Dr Trioson, including “La Leçon de géographie”.
• Fonds Henry de Triqueti – The sculptor’s models and plasters, notably for the doors of the Madeleine and for the chapel of Prince Albert at Windsor.

Grundlagt

1853

Ejer

Agglomération Montargoise Et rives du Loing (AME)

Entrépriser & rabatter

Gratis entré: First Sunday of the month.

Admission is also free for job seekers and recipients of the RSA (proof less than 6 months old), members of the Société des Amis du musée Girodet, holders of the ICOM-ICOMOS card, journalists and holders of the Carte Culture from the Ministry of Culture, among others. Cheques are no longer accepted.

Tilgængelighed

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

The museum is accessible to visitors with reduced mobility, and all areas are served by lift. A wheelchair and folding seats are lent free of charge at reception. A tactile trail is freely accessible in several rooms; videos in French Sign Language are available online and on tablets lent at reception. An easy-read booklet (FALC) and explorer vests are on offer. Tactile or multisensory tours can be arranged for groups on request.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
• Interaktive stationer
• Puslerum

The museum signed the “musée joyeux” charter of Môm’Art in 2018. Two schemes are offered depending on age: explorer vests and sensory boxes for mini-explorers. A baby-changing table is installed in the toilets.

Transport & parkering

The museum is about 1 hour 30 minutes from Paris via the A6 and then the A77, and about 1 hour from Orléans and Auxerre. It is close to EuroVelo 3 (La Scandibérique): bikes can be parked in Durzy park and a repair kit is lent at reception, but e-bikes cannot be charged there. The tourist office, 800 metres away, can charge e-bikes during its opening hours.

Service & spisesteder

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Arrangementer & udlejning

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