Centre d'études et musée Edmond-Michelet
City museum of Brive housed in Edmond Michelet's home, devoted to the Resistance, deportation and the Second World War in Corrèze.
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About the museum
The study centre was conceived in the early 1970s by Marie Michelet, widow of Edmond Michelet, and by the association of the Compagnons de la Fraternité Edmond-Michelet. The family home on rue Champanatier, bought by the couple in 1929, was transferred to the association so that, together with the City of Brive, it could create a place devoted to the study of the Second World War, the Resistance and deportation. It was inaugurated on May 8, 1976.
The project aimed to differ from a static memorial: the permanent exhibition was to coexist with a space for study and reflection, hence the name “centre d'études” (study centre). During the war, the house had served as a meeting place and refuge for Resistance fighters and German opponents of Nazism. A plaque at the entrance commemorates Edmond Michelet's fellow fighters, who came and went without seeing the Liberation.
Edmond Michelet (1899–1970), a member of the Combat movement, was deported to Dachau and became a minister and statesman after the war. The museum is now a public institution of the City of Brive. It holds an important collection of propaganda posters and archives, and houses a documentation center. The house has held the “Maison des illustres” label since November 2013.
Highlights
- Rooms devoted to Edmond Michelet's career, with personal objects and original documents
- Leaflet from June 1940, presented as a first act of resistance
- Room on the Resistance in Corrèze, with a reconstruction of a clandestine parachute drop
- Room on deportation, with a model of the Dachau camp
- Display devoted to the artist and resistance fighter Anna Garcin-Mayade
- Collection of propaganda posters from 1939–1945
Permanent exhibitions
- Edmond Michelet – Two rooms on the first floor, in the family's former dining room, trace the career of the resistance fighter and politician through his personal objects and period documents.
- La Résistance en Corrèze – A room on the second floor evokes the maquis of Corrèze, the parachute drops and the liberation of Brive on August 15, 1944.
- La déportation – A room on the third floor displays objects brought back from the camps, a model of Dachau and the fate of people arrested in Corrèze.
- Founded
- 1976
- Operated by
- Ville de Brive
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
Champanatier
Brive-la-Gaillarde SNCF station; Libéo bus line 3 (stop “Centre culturel”) or line 5 (stop “Champanatier”).
Amenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Audio guide | yes (FR, EN) |
| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Guided tours for groups on request. Educational service with workshops and themed tours for school classes, from CM2 (last year of primary school) to Terminale (final year of high school). Free digital apps to extend the visit around the town (audio-guided memory trail on a smartphone). |
