Musée des Années Trente

About the museum

The museum was founded in 1939 by Dr. Albert Besançon, its first curator, to bring together varied collections on the cultural and industrial heritage of Boulogne-Billancourt; it was first housed in the town hall. From 1983, his successor Emmanuel Bréon refocused the holdings on the 1930s. The institution took the name “musée des Années 30” in 1994 and moved to the Espace Paul-Landowski in 1998.

The collections grew notably through the orientalist art holdings assembled for the “Coloniales” exhibition in 1989–1990. Since 2017, the museum has also housed the collections of the former Paul-Landowski museum-garden, devoted to the sculptor who left his mark on the city.

The route covers 3,000 m² and displays about 800 paintings, 1,500 sculptures and 20,000 drawings, along with furniture, ceramics, posters and architectural documents. Cross-cutting themes such as traveling artists, the renewal of sacred art, landscape and portraiture offer a view of creation between the wars. The museum holds the Musée de France label.

Highlights

• Paintings by Maurice Denis, Bernard Boutet de Monvel or Jean Souverbie
• Sculptures by Paul Landowski, Joseph Bernard, Charles Despiau and the Martel brothers, including “La Trinité”
• Furniture by ensembliers such as Ruhlmann, Leleu, Printz or Mallet-Stevens
• Documents and architectural models from the interwar period
• The Années 30 route through the streets of Boulogne-Billancourt

Permanent exhibition

• Collections permanentes : peinture, sculpture, arts décoratifs et architecture des années 1930 – Route across 3,000 m² devoted to classical art, Art Deco and the realist currents of the interwar period.

Founded

1939

Operated by

Ville de Boulogne-Billancourt

Visitors per year

approx. 74,658

Admission & discounts

Free admission: First Sunday of each month, and during events such as the European Heritage Days (Journées du patrimoine), Museum Night and the Fête de la musique

Admission grants access to the permanent collections. Free admission upon proof is also available for job seekers, recipients of the RSA (French active solidarity income), ICOM members, journalists, Boulogne-Billancourt teachers, members of museum friends associations, and holders of the CRT Paris-Île-de-France card.

Accessibility

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

Two wheelchairs are available for visitors with reduced mobility (reservation by email). The museum offers tours for people with motor, hearing, visual and intellectual disabilities. A booklet of works that can be touched and a large-print visit guide are available for download.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide

School program with materials for primary schools, collèges and lycées. A free play-and-discover booklet about the museum is given to children.

Getting there & parking

The museum is located in the Espace Landowski, 28 avenue André-Morizet.

Amenities & dining

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Corporate events

Up to 325 guests.

Monumental sculpture hall at entrance level (22 seated or 70 standing), a space on the fifth floor during temporary exhibitions (80 seated or 200 standing), a 325-seat amphitheater and a foyer with 100 seated or 227 standing. Hire is possible every day except Monday, before 13:00 and from 18:00 to 01:00; requests must be made one month in advance.

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