Musée Angladon

About the museum

The museum is built around the collection of Jacques Doucet (1853–1929), a couturier and pioneer of haute couture and a great art lover. After selling an important group of 18th-century works in 1912, he turned to avant-garde art and acquired paintings that are now among the most famous of the 20th century. On his death the inheritance passed to his widow and sister, and then to the Dubrujeaud family.

In 1968 the collection returned to Jean Angladon-Dubrujeaud (1906–1979), an Avignon painter known as Jean Angladon. Together with his wife Paulette Martin, he kept a coherent group of works and enriched it with older pieces. The childless couple moved into the mansion on rue Laboureur in 1977, where they set up a museum.

The museum opened to the public on November 15, 1996, as the Musée Angladon – Collection Jacques Doucet. After the deaths of the two founders, the Fondation de France created the Fondation Angladon-Dubrujeaud to run the institution.

On the first floor, visitors discover paintings by Degas, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Sisley, Modigliani and Picasso. The upper floor is arranged as a private residence, with themed rooms devoted to European and East Asian decorative arts, from the Renaissance to the 18th century.

Highlights

• Wagons de chemin de fer à Arles by Vincent van Gogh (1888)
• Nature morte au pot de grès by Paul Cézanne (1874)
• Portrait de femme, known as La blouse rose, by Amedeo Modigliani
• Deux danseuses by Edgar Degas and Le couple by Pablo Picasso (1904)
• Furnished salons with European and Asian decorative arts
• 18th-century drawings available on request

Founded

1996

Operated by

Fondation Angladon-Dubrujeaud (Fondation de France)

Admission & discounts

Free entry on presentation of proof, notably for members of the Cercle Angladon, members of ICOM, the press, tour guides and staff of the tourist offices and museums of Avignon and Villeneuve-lès-Avignon. Tickets and visits can be booked online via the Provence Pass website.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The museum states that it is fully accessible to people with reduced mobility. Guide dogs and assistance dogs are admitted on presentation of proof.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

L'Atelier offers workshops for children (a cycle for ages 6 to 10), for teenagers and for adults, including during school holidays. Registration is with the cultural mediator.

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