Musée de l'Annonciade
Saint-Tropez museum in a former chapel, with pointillist, Nabis and Fauvist paintings by Signac, Bonnard and Matisse.
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About the museum
The Musée de l’Annonciade occupies the Chapel of Notre-Dame de l’Annonciade, built around 1510 by the Confraternity of the White Penitents. After the Revolution the chapel was sold as national property and then converted into a shipyard. In 1922 the town opened a first venue, the Museon Tropelen, to show the works of painters who had come to work in Saint-Tropez after Paul Signac’s arrival in 1892.
In 1950 the architect Louis Süe transformed the chapel into a museum to house the collection of the industrialist Georges Grammont. The museum opened in its present form on 7 August 1955, with 56 works from this collection. In 1961, 57 paintings were stolen; all but one were recovered in 1962.
The collections cover roughly the period 1890–1950 and focus on pointillism, the Nabis and Fauvism, with works by Signac, Seurat, Cross, Bonnard, Vuillard, Marquet, Matisse, Derain and Dufy. Upstairs, the displays are organised around Saint-Tropez as seen by painters, seascapes, southern landscapes, nudes and still lifes.
Highlights
- Pointillism: Signac, Seurat, Cross
- Nabis: Bonnard, Vuillard, Denis
- Fauvism: Matisse, Marquet, Derain
- Saint-Tropez as seen by painters
- Former 16th-century chapel converted into a museum
- Founded
- 1922
- Operated by
- Ville de Saint-Tropez
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €5 |
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| Reduced | €3.50Groups of 10 to 30 people, children aged 12 and over, students under 25, job seekers, members of the Amis du Louvre, guides and members of the Maison des artistes |
| Children & teens | €3.50free up to age 11 · Free for under-12s; reduced rate from age 12. |
| Visitors with disabilities | freeFree for holders of a disability card. |
| Groups (10+ people) | €3.50 per personReduced rate for groups of 10 to 30 people; school groups enter free. |
| Annual pass (unlimited access for 12 months) | €15 |
Free admission: Free during the European Heritage Days and Museum Night.
The full price is €5; it rises to €6 during a major temporary exhibition. Entry is also free for ICOM members, members of the museum’s friends’ association and the press.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Some works are currently in specialist centres for study or restoration ahead of a planned renovation of the museum, so the hanging may vary. |
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