Palais-Musée des Archevêques

Over het museum

After the Revolution, the archbishopric left Narbonne and the archbishops' palace lost its function. In 1833 the Commission archéologique et littéraire de Narbonne founded a library and a museum in the Palais Neuf, which occupies former archiepiscopal apartments fitted out from 1632. The museum opened to the public the following year with only two rooms. Its collections then mixed paintings, faience, sculptures, archaeology, coins, minerals and fossils.

From the 1840s the town bought the palace to house its town hall. Viollet-le-Duc directed major works there, especially on the façades, and the museum gradually gained new rooms. In the 1950s the archaeological collections were installed in the Palais Vieux, and the museum split into two routes: archaeology in the Palais Vieux, art in the Palais Neuf. Two rooms devoted to Orientalist painting were added in 1997 and 2000.

Today the art route occupies the third floor of the Palais Neuf. It brings together 17th- and 18th-century faience, European paintings from the 15th to the 20th century, furniture and an Orientalist section. The painted ceilings, such as those of the Salle des Audiences (1634), the Chambre du Roi (1632) and the Grande Galerie (1851), are also part of the visit. The archaeological route in the Palais Vieux has been closed since 2019; its antique collections joined the regional museum Narbo Via.

Hoogtepunten

• The painted ceilings of the Salle des Audiences and the Chambre du Roi
• A major collection of 17th- and 18th-century faience
• “Danse de noce”, painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger
• Two rooms of Orientalist painting
• The Jardin de l'Archevêché, open all year

Vaste collectie

• Parcours d'art du Palais Neuf – On the third floor: 17th- and 18th-century faience, European paintings from the 15th to the 20th century, furniture and rooms of Orientalist painting.
• Appartements des archevêques et plafonds peints – The former apartments, fitted out in the 17th century, retain painted ceilings, including that of the Salle des Audiences.

Opgericht

1833

Beheerder

Ville de Narbonne

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gratis toegang: First Sunday of every month for all visitors

The Pass Monumentale Narbonne costs €12 (reduced €8), is valid for one year and gives access to the Palais-Musée, the cathedral treasury and the birthplace of Charles Trenet, with a guided tour at a fixed time when one is scheduled. Free self-guided admission is also available to recipients of the RSA, ASS or AAH, holders of the Les Clés du Patrimoine card (free for residents of Narbonne and Grand Narbonne), teachers with a Pass éducation, museum curators and school groups from Narbonne and Grand Narbonne. Tickets and time slots are available online at visites.narbonne.fr.

Toegankelijkheid

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Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour

Visits and workshops for young audiences during school holidays, cultural events for 6- to 12-year-olds in summer, the self-guided route “Les Zooms des P'tits loups” and Cluedo-style detective games in the palace.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum is in a pedestrian zone in the city center: cars cannot get close to the entrance.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Palais-Musée shop on site.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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