Musée de la Mémoire
Municipal museum housed in a former building of the Récébédou camp, telling the story of the internment camp and the Villa Don Quichotte.
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Over het museum
The Musée de la Mémoire is a cultural and commemorative space of the town of Portet-sur-Garonne. It was inaugurated on February 6, 2003, in the presence of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel. It occupies one of the last period buildings of the Récébédou camp.
The camp was originally a workers' settlement. From 1940 it served as accommodation for Republican Spanish refugees and foreign Jews, then became a camp hospital under the Vichy regime. Living conditions quickly deteriorated. In August 1942, three convoys left the Portet-Saint-Simon station for Drancy and Auschwitz, and the camp closed in autumn 1942.
At the Liberation, Spanish Republicans who had survived Mauthausen settled in a few huts, which formed the “Villa Don Quichotte.” The museum presents this history in a permanent exhibition, with a model of the camp, and also hosts temporary exhibitions. On site, visitors can consult books on internment camps. A memorial to the Retirada was inaugurated in front of the museum in 2019.
Hoogtepunten
- Permanent exhibition on the history of the Récébédou camp
- Model of the camp at the heart of the route
- History of the Villa Don Quichotte, set up by Spanish Republicans
- Retirada memorial on the forecourt
- Books on internment camps available to consult on site
Vaste collectie
- Exposition permanente sur le camp du Récébédou – History of the Récébédou camp and the Villa Don Quichotte, with a model of the camp.
- Opgericht
- 2003
- Beheerder
- Ville de Portet-sur-Garonne
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
De toegang is gratis.
Free admission.
Toegankelijkheid
- Rolstoeltoegankelijk
- Lift: geen informatie
- Aangepast toilet
- Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
- Hulphonden welkom
- Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten
- Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
- Informatie in eenvoudige taal
- Audiodescriptie: geen informatie
The museum has held the “Tourisme & Handicap” label for all four types of disability since 2021. The building is wheelchair-accessible (ramp, adapted restrooms, reception counters and reading tables at a good height); people with reduced mobility enter through the side entrance on the Maison des Associations side. Reserved parking nearby (Allée du Grand Chêne and Rue du Château d'Eau). Guide strip from the reserved parking space, handrail at the entrance, booklets in Braille and large print, magnifying glass to borrow. Induction loop at reception. Easy-to-read and easy-to-understand (FALC) booklet.
Kinderen & gezin
Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.
Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
Met het openbaar vervoer
Claire Fontaine
Linéo 5 or No. 50 bus, stop Claire Fontaine or École Récébédou.
Met de auto
Parkeerplaats aanwezig
Spaces in front of the museum or behind the Maison de quartier; reserved spaces on Allée du Grand Chêne and Rue du Château d'Eau.
- Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
From the Toulouse ring road: exit 37 “Francazal,” then towards Portet-sur-Garonne, or exit 38 “Le Chapitre,” then the Route d'Espagne. Portet-Saint-Simon station is about 2.7 km away according to Tourisme Occitanie.
Route plannenService & horeca
Reference library on site.
Evenementen & zaalverhuur
Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.
Je bezoek plannen
| Rondleidingen | ja |
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| Aanbod voor scholen | ja |
| Goed om te weten | The visit lasts 1 to 2 hours. Guided tours adapted for groups, schools, associations and specialised institutions, by appointment by email or phone. Leaflet available in French, English, Spanish and German. |
