Musée d'histoire de Figeac

Over het museum

The Musée d'histoire de Figeac preserves the material memory of the town and the Lot department, as well as traces of the distant journeys of its many donors. It holds the “Musée de France” label. It was previously housed on the second floor of the Hôtel de la Monnaie under the name Musée du Vieux Figeac; it opened in its current premises on November 23, 2012, and reopened to the public in July 2013.

It is attached to the restored salons of the former Collège-Séminaire du Puy, one of the town's main monuments at the end of the 17th century, whose superior's apartments display rich carved wood panelling and painted canvases. The presentation draws partly on cabinets of curiosities: visitors can see works from the Lot by the Catalan painter Pierre Daura, gifts presented to President Georges Pompidou, such as elephant tusks and fantasia saddles, prehistoric tools, firearms, stuffed animals, minerals and fossils from the region, painted portraits and furniture, including the sacristy cabinet from the church of Notre-Dame-du-Puy.

Hoogtepunten

• Works from the Lot by the Catalan painter Pierre Daura
• Gifts presented to President Georges Pompidou: elephant tusks and fantasia saddles
• Prehistoric tools, firearms, minerals and fossils from the region
• Sacristy cabinet from the church of Notre-Dame-du-Puy
• Restored salons of the former seminary with carved wood panelling

Vaste collectie

• Cabinet de curiosités de Figeac – Works by Pierre Daura, presidential gifts, prehistoric tools, firearms, stuffed animals, minerals and fossils, in a display inspired by cabinets of curiosities.
• Salons de l’ancien séminaire – Private apartments of the superior of the Collège-Séminaire du Puy, with carved wood panelling and painted canvases from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Beheerder

Ville de Figeac

Bezoekers per jaar

ca. 1.584

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gratis toegang: Museum Night and European Heritage Days

Single rate of €2.50 for individual visits without a guide. Entry is free on presentation of a ticket for the Musée Champollion.

Toegankelijkheid

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Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops

A family visit, “L'Étrange cabinet de curiosité,” takes place with a mediator every Monday in July and August at 14:30: participants discover cabinets of curiosities and put one together themselves.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Access through the Cour du Puy, from rue Victor Delbos.

Service & horeca

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Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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