Château comtal – Musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer

Over het museum

The château of Boulogne-sur-Mer is the keep of the fortress built in 1231 by the Count of Boulogne, Philippe Hurepel. It served as the counts’ residence, a barracks and a prison before becoming a museum in 1988. It stands on the fortifications of the Roman city, which can still be seen in the undercrofts.

The Musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer was founded in 1825. It inherited the cabinet of curiosities of history painter and natural history enthusiast Isidore Leroy de Barde. Its collections now comprise more than 100,000 objects relating to the history of the town, its travellers, its scientists and its collectors.

The route invites visitors to travel from one culture to another: ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, pre-Columbian Peru, Alaska and Polynesia, as well as paintings, decorative arts and natural history. The exhibition “Les clefs du château” tells the successive lives of the fortress, from the lower halls to the walkways along the walls. The Petit Salon on the third floor is a space for children and families. The museum also has associated sites: the Crypte and the École Musée.

Hoogtepunten

• 13th-century medieval château with lower halls and wall walkways
• Collections of more than 100,000 objects, from ancient Egypt to Alaska
• Egyptian coffin, Greek vases, Aleut masks and a Maori canoe
• Petit Salon for children and play bags for families
• Free for under-18s and on the first Sunday of the month

Vaste collectie

• Les clefs du château – Exhibition on the successive lives of the château, from the Salle de la Barbière to the walkways along the walls, with works and documents around the model of the monument.
• Collections d'une culture à l'autre – Objects from ancient Egypt, Greece, pre-Columbian Peru, Alaska and Polynesia, as well as works linked to the history of Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Opgericht

1825

Beheerder

Ville de Boulogne-sur-Mer

Bezoekers per jaar

ca. 35.345

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gratis toegang: First Sunday of the month; national events (Fête de la science, European Heritage Days, European Museum Night, among others); the “Quartiers d’hiver” week

Free admission on proof of status also for job seekers, recipients of the RSA and ASPA, holders of a press card, an ICOM or ICOMOS card, tour guides and members of certain friends’ associations.

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The site is partly accessible to people with reduced mobility; the lift is temporarily out of order. Two reserved spaces in the château car park (boulevard Eurvin). Folding seats are lent free of charge; adapted tours and tours in French Sign Language (LSF) are offered depending on the programme.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Kinderwagenvriendelijk: niet aanwezig
• Verschoonruimte
• Speeltuin / speelhoek

A small salon for children with a mini-exhibition each year, play bags from 12 months and from 6 years, a play-tour for teenagers from 12, a château-and-nursery-rhyme tour from 12 months and a sensory tour from age 3. Bulky strollers are not admitted into the rooms; stick-strollers and baby carriers are lent free of charge.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Service & horeca

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Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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