Musée départemental de la Résistance du Vercors

Over het museum

The museum was founded in 1973 by Joseph La Picirella, a former maquisard. The Drôme department took it over in 1999 and renovated it in 2010. It is located in Vassieux-en-Vercors, a village destroyed in 1944 that became a “martyred village” and Compagnon de la Libération, behind the church.

The museum is a key place for understanding the Second World War and the Resistance in the Vercors massif and beyond. On the upper floor, the permanent route follows three periods: the Vercors before the Vercors, with life in the massif and the context up to 1942; the Vercors maquis, with the daily life of the maquisards, the help of local residents and the Allies, the general mobilisation of June 1944 and the fighting of summer 1944; and the Vercors after the Vercors, devoted to reconstruction and the building of memory.

On the first floor, a temporary exhibition is renewed every year. The visit also lets you discover traces of Vassieux's history through the landscape and the architecture of the Reconstruction. The museum is one of three sites in Vassieux, along with the Mémorial de la Résistance and the Musée de la Préhistoire.

Hoogtepunten

• Permanent route in three periods, from the maquis to memory
• Vassieux-en-Vercors, martyred village and Compagnon de la Libération
• Objects from the museum's rich collection
• Mural painting and landscape reading during guided tours
• Joint ticket available with the Mémorial and the Musée de la Préhistoire

Vaste collectie

• Parcours permanent : le Vercors avant, pendant et après 1944 – The upper-floor route follows three periods: the Vercors before the Vercors, the Vercors maquis and the Vercors after the Vercors.

Opgericht

1973

Beheerder

Département de la Drôme

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Self-guided visit: €4 full rate, €2.50 reduced rate. A joint ticket allows visits to the Vassieux-en-Vercors sites (Musée de la Résistance, Mémorial de la Résistance and Musée de la Préhistoire) with a 10% discount for two sites and 15% for three sites.

Toegankelijkheid

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

Kinderen & gezin

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

From the A49 motorway, take exit no. 8 towards Villard-de-Lans, follow the direction of La Chapelle-en-Vercors, then Vassieux-en-Vercors. The museum is in the village, behind the church, at over 1,100 metres above sea level. Road conditions (roadworks, closures, snow tyres mandatory in winter) are published on the Vercors Drôme website.

Service & horeca

The museum has only two toilets; public toilets are 200 metres away, below the square. There is no picnic room in the museum. Several restaurants are open in the village.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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