Musée Louis-Philippe du château d'Eu

Om museet

Construction of the Château d'Eu began in 1578 at the initiative of Catherine de Clèves and Henri de Lorraine, Duke of Guise; only one wing of the U-shaped project was built. In the 17th century the Grande Mademoiselle, cousin of Louis XIV, acquired the county, had a French formal garden laid out and assembled a rich collection of portraits.

In 1821 the estate passed to the Duke of Orléans, the future King Louis-Philippe, who made it his summer residence; he received Queen Victoria there in 1843 and 1845. After 1874 Eugène Viollet-le-Duc remodelled and decorated the château for the Comte de Paris. A fire destroyed the south wing in 1902; Isabelle of Brazil and her husband Gaston d'Orléans, Count of Eu, bought the château in 1905 and had it restored.

Put up for sale by the Orléans-Bragança family in 1953, the château was bought in 1964 by the town of Eu, which installed the town hall and the municipal museum there in 1973. The Louis-Philippe Museum brings together paintings, tapestries, furniture and works of art that decorated the residence. The route comprises around fifteen rooms.

Højdepunkter

• Apartment occupied by Queen Victoria in 1843 and 1845, with the grand salon
• Pantry with the donation of Dr Albert Court (around 140 Sèvres and Christofle objects)
• Galerie de Guise and its 46 portraits of the Guise family
• 18th-century berline coach from Brazil
• Steam fire pump, ordered in 1878

Permanent udstilling

• Parcours de visite du musée Louis-Philippe – Around fifteen rooms with furniture, paintings, tapestries and works of art that decorated the château, from the grand salon on the ground floor to the Galerie de Guise.

Ejer

Ville d’Eu

Entrépriser & rabatter

Full price for visitors over 16. Free admission on presentation of proof for teachers (Pass éducation stamped), job seekers, journalists, tour guides, and members of the museum's friends association, the Réseau des Musées de Normandie and ICOM. Guided group visits on request: the cost depends on group size and date, and averages about €10 per participant (museum's indication).

Tilgængelighed

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

Only the ground floor of the museum is wheelchair-accessible (about half of the visit). The smartphone audio guide can be heard via Bluetooth with cochlear implants. Assistance dogs are admitted; other animals are not.

Børn og familie

Transport & parkering

Eu can be reached via the A28 (exits 4 and 5, about 20 km away), halfway between Dieppe and Abbeville. The château adjoins the collegiate church of Notre-Dame et Saint-Laurent; the ticket office is at the gates on Place Isabelle d'Orléans-Bragance, on the collegiate church side.

Service & spisesteder

• Opbevaringsskabe

Lockers at the entrance for backpacks; large hiking backpacks are not allowed.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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