Musée de l'Émigration française au Canada

Over het museum

The museum project was launched in 1998 by the Communauté de communes du Haut-Perche, now the Communauté de communes des Hauts du Perche, together with the association Perche-Canada and with support from the French and Canadian governments. The museum opened in October 2006 and is part of the Muséales de Tourouvre site, which houses two museums.

The route tells the story of French emigration to New France in the 17th century: craftsmen, woodcutters, farmers, clergy, soldiers, sailors and “filles du roi.” Tourouvre was the parish that sent the most settlers, among them the apothecary Robert Giffard and the Juchereau brothers.

The exhibition “Nouvelle-France, nouvelle vie” unfolds across five rooms: the departure from France, the Atlantic crossing, alliances and encounters with Indigenous peoples, life in the colony, and finally Franco-America. Virtual characters welcome visitors in the first room.

Hoogtepunten

• Five-room route on the settlers from the Perche
• Virtual characters who narrate the departure
• The Atlantic crossing and encounters with Indigenous peoples
• Combined ticket possible with the Musée des Commerces et des Marques
• Shop with products from the Perche and Quebec

Vaste collectie

• Nouvelle-France, nouvelle vie – Exhibition in five sections on the emigration of people from the Perche to New France: the departure, the crossing, alliances with Indigenous peoples, life in the colony and Franco-America.

Opgericht

2006

Beheerder

Communauté de communes des Hauts du Perche

Bezoekers per jaar

ca. 6.300

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Prices for a single museum (Musée de l'Émigration française au Canada or Musée des Commerces et des Marques). Tickets are valid for the entire day of purchase. Payment by bank card, check or cash. A “Pass Inter-Sites” is mentioned on the website.

Toegankelijkheid

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

The exhibition spaces are accessible to visitors with reduced mobility. Dogs are not admitted, except assistance dogs.

Kinderen & gezin

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The site is on the RN12, about 35 minutes from Alençon and about 1 hr 30 min from Paris, Le Mans and Caen.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

The shop is open to all during opening hours: books, stationery, gifts, toys, textiles and food products from the Perche and Quebec.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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