Musée Auguste Grasset
Municipal museum in Varzy, a 19th-century cabinet of curiosities: Egypt, Nevers faience, paintings and historic musical instruments.
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About the museum
The museum grew out of the collection of Auguste Grasset, from La Charité-sur-Loire. In 1862 he moved to Varzy and added his own objects to the library-museum founded a few years earlier in the town by the pharmacist Henri Piffaut. Grasset collected very widely and kept enriching the museum.
Since 1993 the collection has been shown in new, larger premises across three levels around a contemporary hall. The equestrian Saint-Eustache, a masterpiece of Nevers faience dated 1734, welcomes visitors.
Antiquity is represented mainly by an Egyptian ensemble, shown in the cellars together with weapons and ornaments from the South Pacific islands. Upstairs, a chronological route presents art objects, sculptures and paintings from the Middle Ages to the Pre-Impressionists. A music salon lets visitors hear some twenty historic instruments from the 17th to the 19th century. The top level is devoted to the faience of Nevers and Varzy and to a room dedicated to the Varzy painter Rex-Barrat.
Highlights
- Equestrian Saint-Eustache in Nevers faience (1734)
- Egyptian collection and objects from the South Pacific islands
- Route through paintings, sculptures and art objects from the Middle Ages to the Pre-Impressionists
- Music salon with some twenty historic instruments
- Faience from Nevers and Varzy; room dedicated to Rex-Barrat
Permanent exhibition
- Collections permanentes du musée Auguste Grasset – Collector’s cabinet across three levels: Egyptian collection, South Pacific objects, paintings and sculptures, music salon, faience of Nevers and Varzy.
- Operated by
- Commune de Varzy
- Visitors per year
- approx. 4,796
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €5 |
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| Reduced | €2.50Students, apprentices, people with reduced mobility, recipients of social minimum benefits, job seekers, groups of more than 10 people. |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 17 · Free for children under 18. |
| Visitors with disabilities | €2.50People with reduced mobility: reduced rate. |
| Students & apprentices | €2.50Students and apprentices: reduced rate. |
| Groups (11+ people) | €2.50 per personReduced rate for groups of more than 10 people. |
Free admission: All Saturdays; also free for Friends of the Museum and ICOM members.
Individual admission: €5.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Visits for groups outside the opening season are possible by appointment. Conservation: 03 86 60 68 44. |
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