Musée de la Résistance de Limoges

Over het museum

The museum is an establishment of the City of Limoges. It was formerly called the Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation Henri-Chadourne. It was entirely redesigned between 2009 and 2012 and gradually became a broader museum of 20th-century history, while keeping the memory of the Resistance at the heart of its purpose.

It occupies the former convent of the Sisters of Providence, built in the 17th and 18th centuries in the Cité district at the foot of the Saint-Étienne Cathedral. Over about 1,400 square meters, the permanent display, with nearly 800 objects, is spread over two levels. The building also houses a temporary exhibition room, an educational room and a documentation center open to researchers. The scientific program was designed with the historians Olivier Wieviorka and Pascal Plas.

The display follows ten chronological sequences, from the entry into war in 1939 to the Liberation. It covers the exodus, the Vichy regime, the beginnings of the Resistance around Georges Guingouin, daily life under restrictions, the Service du travail obligatoire, repression and deportation. Among the best-known objects are an Italian Reggiane RE-2002 aircraft that crashed in Haute-Vienne on June 6, 1944 and was brought back to Limoges by Resistance fighters, Georges Guingouin's Luger pistol, and the outfit of Thérèse Menot, a Resistance fighter deported to Ravensbrück.

The municipal archives entrusted the museum with their holdings for the 1939–1945 period. With about 10,000 documents, underground newspapers and the private archives of several Resistance fighters, the collections have a strong documentary dimension. Since 2012, many donations have further enriched the reserves. Part of the works kept in storage can be consulted online.

Hoogtepunten

• Permanent display in ten sequences, from 1939 to the Liberation
• Italian Reggiane RE-2002 aircraft that crashed in Haute-Vienne in June 1944
• Objects linked to Georges Guingouin, including his Luger pistol
• Outfit of Thérèse Menot, Resistance fighter deported to Ravensbrück
• About 10,000 archive documents covering 1939–1945

Vaste collectie

• Parcours permanent du musée de la Résistance – Ten sequences trace the Second World War in France and the Limousin, from 1939 to the Liberation, with objects, archive films, testimonies and documents.

Beheerder

Ville de Limoges

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gratis toegang: First Sunday of each month

Free admission also for job seekers, recipients of social assistance (minima sociaux), ICOM card holders, teachers, veterans, widows and orphans of war or of the press, donors, and members of the Friends of the Musée de la Résistance and the Musée des Beaux-Arts. The guided visit by reservation costs €1 more than admission.

Toegankelijkheid

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

The museum has held the Tourisme et Handicap label for all four types of disability since 2017. An elevator serves all three floors, and two reserved disabled parking spaces are near the entrance. Braille and large-print documents, audio guides and touch tours using reproductions are available. A hearing loop is installed at reception, audio content is transcribed, and sign-language tours are possible. Adapted visits exist for people with intellectual disabilities. All these services are free; book at 05 55 45 84 40.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour

The app “Résistance en poche” invites 8- to 13-year-olds to explore the permanent display through games; tablets are lent at reception. The board game “Réseaux” is for young people aged 12 and over. A discovery booklet for ages 8 to 12 accompanies the current temporary exhibition.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum is in the Cité district, at the foot of the Saint-Étienne Cathedral. Two disabled parking spaces are reserved near the entrance.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Bookshop and museum shop open during museum hours: books and DVDs on the Second World War, posters, postcards and medals from the Monnaie de Paris. Payment by bank card, check or cash.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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