Musée de la Préhistoire du Grand-Pressigny
Musée de France housed in the château of Grand-Pressigny: the prehistory of France and workshops for knapping the blond flint of the Neolithic.
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Over het museum
The museum is housed in the château of Grand-Pressigny, a 12th-century fortress remodelled during the Renaissance, on the border between Touraine and Poitou. The town played a central role in prehistory: at the end of the Neolithic, southern Touraine was home to one of the largest flint-knapping sites in western Europe, whose products were exported well beyond present-day French borders.
The first museum opened in October 1922 in the town hall, on the initiative of local scholars. It moved into the château in 1955. The Indre-et-Loire Department became the owner of the entire site in 1988. After a modernisation in 1991, the museum closed in 2007 for the construction of a new building by architect Bernd Hoge, and reopened in 2009.
The route presents the life of flint knappers and covers French prehistory over roughly 100,000 years, from the time of Neanderthal man to the Bronze Age. The collections are archaeological and palaeontological. One room is devoted to the history of the château, and tactile models show its successive building phases. The museum holds the “Musée de France” label.
Hoogtepunten
- Grand-Pressigny flint and the everyday life of master flint knappers in the Neolithic
- Archaeology lab with objects to observe, touch and smell
- Life-size reproductions of prehistoric animals in the courtyard
- The Neolithic polishing stone known as “Pierre Birette” in the château courtyard
- Tactile models showing the building phases of the château
Vaste collectie
- Parcours permanent de la préhistoire – Archaeological and palaeontological collections on prehistory, from the Palaeolithic to the Bronze Age, with a focus on Grand-Pressigny flint.
- Histoire du château – Room on the history of the château, with panels and tactile models showing several building periods.
- Opgericht
- 1922
- Beheerder
- Département d’Indre-et-Loire
- Bezoekers per jaar
- ca. 22.199
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
| Volwassenen | € 7,50 |
|---|---|
| Met korting | € 6,50Ages 7 to 18, students, people with disabilities and their companion, large families, Pass Éducation holders, visitors arriving by bicycle (“green ticket”), holders of a full-price ticket to a partner monument or departmental museum, with proof |
| Kinderen & jongeren | € 6,50gratis t/m 6 jaar · Reduced rate from ages 7 to 18; free for children under 7 |
| Senioren | –No reduced rate for visitors over 60 |
| Mensen met een beperking | € 6,50Reduced rate for the person with a disability and one companion; free admission for AAH recipients (adult disability allowance) |
| Studenten | € 6,50With proof |
| Groepen (vanaf 15 pers.) | € 6,50 p.p.Groups of 15 people or more |
| Green ticket (visitors by bicycle, on presentation of a photo of the bicycle in front of the monument) | € 6,50 |
| Tourism professionals, travel agents, works councils | € 5,50With proof |
| Workshop for individuals, full price (admission included) | € 10 |
| Workshop for individuals, reduced rate (admission included) | € 9 |
| Workshop, child under 7 (admission included) | € 5 |
| Show or event, full price (admission included) | € 13,50 |
| Show or event, reduced rate (admission included) | € 12,50 |
| Show or event, child under 7 (admission included) | € 8 |
| Pass Privilège, full price (1 year, unlimited access to the monument) | € 15 |
| Pass Privilège, reduced rate (1 year) | € 13 |
Free admission for children under 7, job seekers, recipients of minimum social benefits, journalists, ICOM members, tour guides, members of the Amis du Musée association and other categories, with proof. The Pass Privilège gives 10% off in the shop. The château's courtyards, moats and gardens are free to enter during opening hours. Payment: cash, cheques, bank card (from €1), Chèques-Vacances, Yeps, Pass Culture.
Toegankelijkheid
- Rolstoeltoegankelijk
- Lift
- Aangepast toilet
- Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
- Hulphonden welkom
- Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten
- Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
- Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
- Audiodescriptie: geen informatie
The museum is fully accessible and has held the Tourisme et Handicap label since 2010. Lift with audio announcements to all levels, two wheelchairs and folding seats available to borrow, accessible ticketing, adapted toilets, contrasting step edges, tactile studs, a guiding strip from the entrance to the reception, and an induction loop at reception. Signage in text and images, adapted tours on request. Tactile models of the château with Braille captions.
Kinderen & gezin
Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen
| Bezoekduur | ca. 2 uur |
|---|---|
| Toegang kinderen | gratis t/m 6 jaar |
- Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
- Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
- Doe- en voelstations
- Kinderwagenvriendelijk
- Verschoonruimte
The museum has signed the Môm'Art charter (“joyful museums”). Activity booklets for ages 7 to 12 and for middle-school pupils are included in the ticket. Workshops and activities during holidays and weekends at 11:00, by booking, for children from age 4 depending on the workshop. Relaxation and reading corner, pushchair parking, baby-changing area and bottle warmer.
Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
Met het openbaar vervoer
Bus Rémi line G from the Tours bus stop towards Preuilly-sur-Claise, Monday to Saturday (departs Tours 12:45, arrives 14:00; departs Grand-Pressigny 16:35, arrives in Tours 17:50).
Met de auto
Gratis parkeren
Free museum car park, with 3 coach spaces. Part of the dry moats is closed for works; access from the main car park is via the cour d'honneur (courtyard of honour). Electric car charging points on Place du Presbytère, in front of the town hall, about a 5-minute walk away.
- Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
By car from Tours: A10 exit Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine, then La Celle-Saint-Avant and Descartes. From Bordeaux: A10 exit Châtellerault Nord, then La Roche-Posay and Lésigny. By bicycle: access via the voie verte linking Descartes to Tournon-Saint-Pierre and via loop no. 9 of the Circuit des 3 rivières; the museum holds the “Accueil Vélo” label (parking, water point, charging, lockers, repair kit).
Route plannenService & horeca
- Café: niet aanwezig
- Restaurant: niet aanwezig
- Museumwinkel
- Garderobe
- Wifi
Free Wi-Fi “WI-FI Val de Loire Public” throughout the museum and in the château courtyards. No restaurant or coffee machine on site; picnic area in the garden. Luggage storage, drinking fountain and phone charging station. Restaurants and shops in the village. The shop, in the reception building, is open during museum hours.
Evenementen & zaalverhuur
Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.
Je bezoek plannen
| Rondleidingen | ja · duur ca. 1,5 uur |
|---|---|
| Audiotour | ja (FR, EN, DE, ES) |
| Aanbod voor scholen | ja |
| Fotograferen | Photography allowed without flash |
| Goed om te weten | Self-guided visits with a map in French and English; free audio guides to download to your smartphone via the Wivisites app. Guided tours of the collections (1 hour 30 minutes, booking recommended) and of the château (1 hour, booking recommended) are included in admission and offered during school holidays and at weekends; tours in English and Spanish of about 1 hour, by booking. Workshops by booking, about 1 hour 30 minutes including a short guided tour. Dogs are allowed in the park on a lead; inside the museum only carried animals and guide dogs are admitted. Temperatures of 16 to 18 °C in the museum's cellars. The keep and towers are not accessible. |
