Musée Suffren et du Vieux Saint-Cannat
Small municipal museum devoted to the Bailli de Suffren, local history, Provençal traditions and costumes, housed in the Espace Suffren in Saint-Cannat.
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About the museum
The museum opened in 1949 on the initiative of Georges Baussan, founder of the association Les Amis du Vieux Saint-Cannat. It grew through successive donations from the Suffren family and a few acquisitions. For a long time it was housed in the town hall, where the Bailli de Suffren was born; since 1999 it has been located in the Espace Suffren, avenue Pasteur.
The route comprises four rooms. The first pays tribute to Georges Baussan and his closest collaborators. The Vieux Saint-Cannat room shows, through engravings, old books, farm tools and paintings, fifteen centuries of village history and recalls the 1909 earthquake. The room dedicated to the Bailli de Suffren brings together many mementos of the frigate Suffren, of which Saint-Cannat was the sponsor town. The last room displays costumes from Lower Provence, Arles and Parisian fashion, as well as objects and photographs on the history of the Notre-Dame-de-Vie church.
The museum is run by the association Les Amis du Vieux Saint-Cannat. It also offers guided tours, exhibitions and lectures, and takes part in Museum Night.
Highlights
- Memorial to the Bailli de Suffren with mementos of the frigate Suffren
- Vieux Saint-Cannat room: engravings, old books and farm tools
- Room with costumes from Lower Provence, Arles and Parisian fashion
- Reminder of the 1909 earthquake
- Free admission
Permanent exhibition
- Parcours permanent du musée Suffren – Four rooms: memorial to the Bailli de Suffren, history and traditions of Vieux Saint-Cannat, costumes of Lower Provence, and a reception room dedicated to the museum's founder.
- Founded
- 1949
- Operated by
- Association Les Amis du Vieux Saint-Cannat (musée communal)
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Guided tours of the museum with an art historian on the first Saturday of the month, booked by email with the association. Tours of the village and its historic monuments on the third Saturday of the month, also by reservation. The museum also organizes exhibitions and historical lectures, and takes part in Museum Night. |
