Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Puisaye

Over het museum

The museum grew out of the collections assembled by Georges Moreau, first shown in a venue called the Foyer villérois. His daughter and son-in-law, the architect Paul Huillard, installed these objects in Georges Moreau’s birthplace. After the Second World War the museum opened its doors. It was later enlarged, and the collections now occupy several rooms of the former house as well as new spaces.

The museum occupies an 18th-century townhouse. On the first floor, a reconstructed bourgeois kitchen from the Puisaye is displayed. You can also see a library with a 16th-century money-changer’s table and a dining room with a painting attributed to Hyacinthe Rigaud. An Art Nouveau sideboard designed by Paul Huillard, who gave the museum to the town, is also on display.

The collections include faience from the Puisaye and other production centres, including an important group of Revolutionary-era faience, as well as folk craft objects and medieval sculptures. In 2022 the Mobilier national deposited a chest of drawers, a bergère armchair and a rug at the museum.

Hoogtepunten

• 18th-century townhouse with reconstructed kitchen
• Puisaye faience and French faience from the Revolutionary period
• Painting attributed to Hyacinthe Rigaud
• Art Nouveau sideboard designed by Paul Huillard
• Furniture on deposit from the Mobilier national since 2022

Vaste collectie

• Collections permanentes du musée – Townhouse with reconstructed kitchen, library, dining room, Puisaye faience, medieval sculptures and furniture.

Beheerder

Commune de Villiers-Saint-Benoît (musée municipal)

Bezoekers per jaar

ca. 3.217

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gratis toegang: First Sunday of each month; free admission from 18:00 to 22:00 during the Museum Night.

The Pass musée de Puisaye allows a reduced rate at other partner museums after a first full-price ticket; ask for the pass at the entrance. A discount is offered to passengers of the Train de Puisaye on presentation of their travel ticket.

Toegankelijkheid

• 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

The website of the tourist office states that the museum is suitable for people with reduced mobility.

Kinderen & gezin

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

Service & horeca

• Restaurant: niet aanwezig
• Museumwinkel

Shop and toilets. No restaurant or food service. A grocery store with a bar is a few steps from the museum.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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