Musée des beaux-arts La Cohue

Over het museum

La Cohue is a former market hall of the Dukes of Brittany, whose oldest parts date from the 13th century. The ground floor housed the market and the upper floor the ducal court of justice. In the 17th century, the Parlement of Brittany sat here during its exile in Vannes. The city has owned it since 1813, turned it into a theatre and restored it from 1970.

The Musée des beaux-arts opened here in 1982 to display the municipal collections of paintings and prints, previously shown at the Hôtel de Limur. It holds the “Musée de France” label.

The collections include paintings by Henry Moret, Joseph-Félix Bouchor, Émile Jourdan and Jean Frélaut, a Christ on the Cross by Eugène Delacroix, prints (including etchings by Goya) and contemporary works. Since a donation in 2013, a permanent space has been dedicated to the painter Geneviève Asse.

The City of Vannes has announced that the museum will close at La Cohue on October 31, 2026, subject to change, and reopen at the Château de l’Hermine site, expected around 2028.

Hoogtepunten

• Medieval hall of the Dukes of Brittany, seat of the Parlement of Brittany in the 17th century
• Paintings by Henry Moret, Bouchor, Jourdan and Frélaut
• Christ on the Cross by Eugène Delacroix
• Permanent space for Geneviève Asse since her 2013 donation
• Prints, including etchings by Goya, and contemporary art

Vaste collectie

• Collections de peintures et d’estampes – Paintings and prints, with works by Moret, Bouchor, Frélaut and a Christ on the Cross by Delacroix, as well as polychrome wooden sculptures and goldsmith's work.
• Espace Geneviève Asse – Permanent room dedicated to the abstract painter Geneviève Asse, set up after her 2013 donation.

Opgericht

1982

Beheerder

Ville de Vannes

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gratis toegang: Free admission on Sunday in April

Admission is also free for subscribers to the Vannes media libraries, members of the Société polymathique du Morbihan and the Bretagne-Musées association, members of museum friends' associations, holders of an ICOM card, guide-lecturer card or press card, artist members of the Maison des Artistes, and people eligible for rates G and H of the family quotient. Tickets are non-refundable.

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

The museum is accessible to people with reduced mobility only in the ground-floor exhibition areas. A wheelchair and seat-canes are available on request at reception, which is equipped with an induction loop for deaf and hard-of-hearing visitors.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour

“Les vacances au musée” activities for ages 3 to 16 during school holidays, and a free holiday workbook at reception.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Bicycle parking in front of the museum.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel
• Kluisjes

Reception shop with catalogues, postcards, posters, prints and merchandise; individual lockers.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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