Musée palaisien du Hurepoix
Folk-life museum in the Hôtel Brière in Palaiseau, devoted to rural life and the trades of the Nord-Hurepoix around 1900.
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About the museum
The museum is run by the Société historique de Palaiseau, a volunteer association. Families from Palaiseau, and later from neighboring communes, gave it farm tools, everyday objects and clothing belonging to their grandparents. The society’s members rescued these objects, cleaned, restored and catalogued them.
From 1985, the number of objects gave rise to the idea of showing them to the public. Two exhibitions, in 1989 and 1990, were a great success. Since 1991, the collections have been displayed “in situ” in the Hôtel Brière, in the town center.
This town mansion was built between 1625 and 1650 by Jean Brière, notary of the lordship of Palaiseau. The town bought it in 1881, and it then served as a gendarmerie. The route evokes life in the village and in the countryside around 1900, with peasant interiors, a middle-class drawing room, Creil and Montereau earthenware and numerous craft workshops.
Highlights
- Peasant interior with stove, warming pan and laid table
- Middle-class drawing room and bedroom furnished with pieces from the region
- Workshops of the milliner, furrier, tinsmith, printer and other trades of the past
- Creil and Montereau earthenware and jet jewelry
- Agricultural equipment of the Nord-Hurepoix
Permanent exhibitions
- Vie rurale et intérieurs d'autrefois – Peasant interior, bedroom, middle-class drawing room and agricultural equipment of the Nord-Hurepoix at the end of the 19th century.
- Métiers d'autrefois – Reconstructed workshops: milliner, furrier, printer, seamstress, tinsmith, glazier and other trades of the town center.
- Founded
- 1991
- Operated by
- Société historique de Palaiseau
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €10 |
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| Children & teens | €5Child accompanied by an adult, from age 7. |
| Groups (10+ people) | €7 per personRate per adult for a group of at least 10 people. |
| Pupil (school group) | €3 |
Holders of the “Fan d’Essonne” card receive free entry for one child accompanied by a paying adult.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
Children are welcome from age 7, accompanied by an adult, at the child rate.
Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | All visits are accompanied by volunteer guides; there are no self-guided visits. The museum is run entirely by volunteers and is not air-conditioned. |
