Musée Barbey-d'Aurevilly

Over het museum

After Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly died in 1889, his secretary Louise Read inherited his papers and personal memorabilia. In the early 1920s, unable to keep them in Paris, she gave them to the town of Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte. A first museum was set up in 1925 in an outbuilding of the château, and the writer’s remains were brought back to his native town in 1926.

The fighting of 1944 destroyed almost all of the collections. A second museum opened in 1956 in the Logis Robessart, using the few objects that had been saved. In 1989, for the centenary of the writer’s death, it moved to the Barbey family home, which the commune had acquired: first to the second floor, then, after 2008 – the bicentenary of the writer’s birth – to the whole house.

The museum displays manuscripts, letters, first editions, portraits, photographs and personal objects. A route devoted to the man occupies the second floor, while the exhibition “Barbey contre son temps” explores the political and intellectual world of the 19th century on the first floor. The museum received the “Maisons des Illustres” label in 2011 and is part of the town’s cultural centre, together with the media library and the medieval castle.

Hoogtepunten

• The writer’s family home, now a museum
• Manuscripts, autograph letters and first editions
• Portraits, photographs and personal memorabilia of Barbey d’Aurevilly
• “Barbey contre son temps” exhibition on the 19th century
• Documentary film about the author
• Museum garden and a trail of Barbey sites in the town

Vaste collectie

• Barbey contre son temps – Exhibition on the first floor on the political and intellectual world of the 19th century, seen through the writer’s eyes.
• Le parcours consacré à l'écrivain – Second floor of the family home, with manuscripts, portraits, first editions and personal memorabilia of Barbey d’Aurevilly.

Opgericht

1925

Beheerder

Commune de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte (Pôle culturel)

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Free on proof of status for: under-18s, students, people with disabilities, holders of the Spot50 or Pass Accueil Normandie, members of the Réseau des Musées de Normandie, the Friends of the Museum association or ICOM, and staff of the Ministry of Culture and tourist offices. Payment by cheque or cash only; no bank cards. Tickets are also available online through the Office de tourisme du Cotentin website.

Toegankelijkheid

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

Entrance is through the glass door under the porch, where toilets are also available. The second floor is not accessible to people with reduced mobility.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour

Colouring corner, activity booklet, memory game and spot-the-difference game for children; workshops (calligraphy, bookmarks, watercolour) and a treasure hunt offered during the year.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum is in the town centre.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Shop with a bookshop (works by the writer, specialist books, children’s books) as well as postcards, bookmarks, notebooks, posters and magnets. Picnic tables in the garden behind the building. Animals are not allowed in the museum.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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