Musée de la Résistance – Groupe Jovinien Bayard

About the museum

The Bayard Resistance group was founded in Joigny on May 1, 1941 by Paul Herbin, together with his family and a few close associates. It became one of the most important movements in the Yonne. Joigny was liberated on August 22, 1944, and the group was disbanded at the end of September 1944; many of its members joined the 1er régiment des volontaires de l'Yonne, formed in Joigny.

On February 19, 1945, the former fighters of Bayard set up a mutual-aid and memorial association, which installed a memorial in two rooms of a barracks made available by the town. Photographs of the missing, German propaganda posters, Allied leaflets and captured equipment were gathered there, but the site was open only during ceremonies and meetings.

In 1967 the memorial was moved to its current address on rue Boffrand and became an association museum open to the public. Research carried out with academics, teachers and the museum curator of the Yonne department led to a new display, inaugurated in 1995. The route broadens the subject to the Resistance in the Yonne and includes sections on deportation and on the 1er régiment des volontaires de l'Yonne. The premises remain cramped.

Highlights

• Presented as the first museum in France devoted to the Resistance
• Rare documents and objects on the Bayard group and the Resistance in the Yonne
• Sections on deportation and on the 1er régiment des volontaires de l'Yonne
• Free entry

Permanent exhibition

• Musée de la Résistance – Groupe Jovinien Bayard – Documents, photographs, posters and objects on the Bayard group, the Resistance in the Yonne, deportation and the 1er régiment des volontaires de l'Yonne.

Founded

1945

Operated by

Association Bayard (amicale du groupe Jovinien Bayard)

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission.

Accessibility

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

No accessibility information is published; the museum notes that its premises are cramped.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

By motorway A6, exit 18.

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