Musée de la Libération de Paris – musée du Général-Leclerc – musée Jean-Moulin

Over het museum

The museum was founded in 1994 in Montparnasse, above the railway station, thanks to a donation from the Fondation du Maréchal Leclerc de Hauteclocque and the bequest of Antoinette Sasse, a painter, resistance fighter and friend of Jean Moulin. It first brought together a memorial to General Leclerc and the Liberation of Paris, as well as a Jean Moulin museum. Since 2013 it has been part of the public institution Paris Musées; it closed its Montparnasse site on July 1, 2018 in order to move.

In 2015 the City of Paris chose to install it at Place Denfert-Rochereau, in one of the two pavilions of the former Barrière d’Enfer, built from 1785 by the architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux to collect the octroi (city tax on goods). The pavilions have been listed as historic monuments since 1907. The site also carries strong historical weight: from August 20 to 28, 1944, Colonel Rol-Tanguy, head of the French Forces of the Interior in the Paris region, set up his command post in a civil defence shelter beneath the west pavilion. The museum opened there on August 25, 2019.

The permanent display is chronological. It follows the actions of Jean Moulin and Philippe de Hauteclocque, the future General Leclerc, from the interwar years to the liberation of the territory, through the defeat of 1940, the Occupation, the internal Resistance and the battles of the Free French. More than 300 objects, original documents, photographs, and archive and testimony films illustrate it. Colonel Rol-Tanguy’s command post, twenty metres underground beneath the museum, has been open to visitors since it first opened to the public.

Hoogtepunten

• Chronological display with more than 300 objects, documents and testimonies
• Underground command post of Colonel Rol-Tanguy, set up in August 1944
• Pavilion of the Barrière d’Enfer, built by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux
• Permanent collections free, with no booking required
• Free “compagnon de visite” mobile app with a family route

Vaste collectie

• Parcours permanent – A chronological route on Jean Moulin, Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the Resistance, Free France and the Liberation of Paris, with more than 300 objects and documents.

Opgericht

1994

Beheerder

Paris Musées (Ville de Paris)

Directie

Sylvie Zaidman

Bezoekers per jaar

ca. 49.570

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Entry to the permanent collections is free for everyone, with no booking required. Visiting the Rol-Tanguy command post on your own is also free. Prices for temporary exhibitions vary by exhibition.

Toegankelijkheid

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

The permanent collections, the temporary exhibition space and the conference room are accessible to visitors with reduced mobility. The Rol-Tanguy command post, twenty metres underground, can only be reached by a staircase of around one hundred steps; a 360° virtual tour on a tablet is offered on request at the reception desk. The audiovisual presentations have French and English subtitles, and induction loops are installed. Touch tours are offered for blind and visually impaired visitors (18 people maximum, 1 hour 30 minutes), along with tours adapted for people with psychological conditions.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour

Family guided tours for ages 8–12 built around the animated series “Les grandes Grandes Vacances” or the Rol-Tanguy mission, children’s workshops during school holidays, and family weekends. The free “compagnon de visite” app offers a family route from age 7 (45 minutes), and a serious game is also offered to families.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum is on Place Denfert-Rochereau, near the Lion of Belfort and opposite the entrance to the Catacombs. By car, it is about 5 minutes from the périphérique and the Porte d’Orléans via Avenue du Général-Leclerc.

Service & horeca

• Kluisjes

Self-service lockers at the entrance, operated with a token or coin. Bags smaller than cabin size (55 x 35 x 20 cm) must be deposited there. Oversized luggage, roller skates, bicycles, skateboards and scooters are not permitted.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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