La Piscine, musée d'art et d'industrie

Over het museum

The museum's origins go back to 1835, when Roubaix manufacturers set up an industrial museum to display samples of local textile production. Its collections later extended to fine arts, thanks to gifts and state deposits; the museum closed in 1940 and its holdings were partly dispersed.

The current building is a former municipal swimming pool, opened in 1932 on rue des Champs. The architect Albert Baert designed it on the model of a Cistercian abbey, with a large basin, baths and a promenade garden. It closed for good in 1985 because of the fragility of the basin's vault.

In 1990 the city decided to house the museum's collections there. The architect Jean-Paul Philippon led the conversion from 1998: the basin became the central gallery, and the former cabins house the textiles. The museum opened in 2001 under the name La Piscine, musée d'art et d'industrie André Diligent. An extension, completed in 2018, enlarged the exhibition spaces and incorporated the studio of the sculptor Henri Bouchard.

Today the trail combines paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries, sculptures, ceramics, glassware, furniture, jewellery and rich collections of fabrics and clothing, along with works related to the history of Roubaix.

Hoogtepunten

• Large Art Deco basin transformed into a sculpture garden
• Sculpture collections with Rodin, Camille Claudel, Bugatti and Pompon
• 19th- and 20th-century paintings (Vuillard, Bonnard, Dufy, Marquet)
• Textiles and clothing displayed in the former shower cubicles
• Restored studio of the sculptor Henri Bouchard
• Dye garden and Méert tea room restaurant

Vaste collectie

• Collections permanentes : sculpture et jardin du bassin – Modern sculptures by Rodin, Claudel, Bugatti and Pompon are displayed in the large Art Deco basin, surrounded by light from the stained-glass windows.
• Collections textiles et arts décoratifs – Clothing, drawings, samples and fabrics from Coptic Egypt to contemporary creation, along with ceramics, glassware, furniture and jewellery.

Opgericht

2001

Beheerder

Ville de Roubaix

Bezoekers per jaar

ca. 280.484

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gratis toegang: Every Friday from 18:00 to 20:00 (free late opening); first Sunday of the month for the permanent collections

The prices shown apply outside exhibition periods; they increase by €2 during a temporary exhibition. Free admission on proof, notably for Friends of the museum, holders of ICOM/ICOMOS, C'Art, Citypass or Ministry of Culture cards, journalists, job seekers and RSA recipients. Payment by cash, cheque, ANCV holiday vouchers or bank card.

Toegankelijkheid

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

The building is accessible to people with reduced mobility and to strollers, except the edge of the basin (a few steps) and the women's toilets on the second floor. Steps are marked with tactile warning strips. Wheelchairs and stick seats are available at the cloakroom against an ID. Induction loop at the information point, noise-cancelling headphones lent free of charge, subtitled videos. A tablet trail in French Sign Language is available. Only assistance dogs are admitted. Accessibility contact: accessibilitemusee@ville-roubaix.fr.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Doe- en voelstations
• Kinderwagenvriendelijk
• Verschoonruimte
• Kinderfeestjes

Games trunks freely accessible in the galleries, tablet trail with the mascot Camille for ages 6 to 12 (free, against an ID), workshops for ages 4 to 12 on Sundays (€4 per child) and on Wednesdays, workshops during holidays and Splash weekends. Children's birthday parties for ages 4 to 12 on Saturday afternoons (€15 per workshop, plus €7 for the snack). Changing tables in the toilets.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

V'Lille station no. 220 in front of the museum. About 30 minutes from central Lille by metro; about 10 minutes by TER from Lille Flandres.

Service & horeca

• Café
• Restaurant
• Museumwinkel
• Garderobe

Méert – La Piscine tea room restaurant, open Tuesday to Sunday from 12:00 to 17:30. Museum bookshop-shop. Cloakroom mandatory for large backpacks, sports bags, umbrellas and bulky items.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur

Requests for private hire, filming or photo shoots are made through an online form.

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