Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bernay

Over het museum

The idea of a museum in Bernay emerged at the beginning of the 19th century. In 1865 Alphonse Assegond offered the town his collection of faience on condition that he become its first curator; the offer was accepted in 1866 and the museum opened in 1868 in two ground-floor rooms of the town hall. It then presented itself as an encyclopaedic provincial museum, combining fine arts, antiquities and natural sciences.

The Lobrot bequest of 1887 required a new site. The town acquired the upper floor of the former abbey lodging, near the abbey church. The archaeologist Pierre-Victorien Lottin de Laval designed the layout in 1891, with white arcades and a Salon carré inspired by the one in the Louvre. In the 1930s the museum received the whole abbey lodging.

The collections were enriched by gifts from the State, including Etruscan ceramics from the Campana collection and paintings from the Louvre, as well as objects linked to local history, such as the ribbon industry. In 2005 the bequest of Henri de Maistre’s studio brought in more than a thousand works. The museum has held the Musée de France label since 2002.

Hoogtepunten

• 19th-century layout of the former abbey lodging
• French, Italian, Flemish and Dutch paintings
• Faience from Rouen, Nevers, Moustiers and Delft
• Gallery devoted to the sacred art of Henri de Maistre
• Egyptian and Gallo-Roman archaeology
• Restored 19th-century views of Bernay

Vaste collectie

• Collections permanentes du musée des beaux-arts – Paintings from the 17th to the 20th century, faience, archaeology, furniture and sacred art, in a 19th-century museum setting.

Opgericht

1868

Beheerder

Ville de Bernay

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gratis toegang: First Sunday of every month

Guided or flash tours are included in the price when they are part of a museum activity. The abbey church is free and open to all, except during exhibitions.

Toegankelijkheid

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

Induction loop installed. Activities for school groups can be adapted for pupils with disabilities.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Verschoonruimte
• Kinderfeestjes

Games are offered during the visit from 6 months. Workshops for children from age 10, storytelling sessions for toddlers from 12 months, and a free family visit about once a quarter on Sunday afternoons. Baby-changing facilities and baby carriers are available. Birthday formula “Mon art’nniversaire”.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Entrance via the public garden, rue Gambetta.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel
• Garderobe

Museum shop online; cloakroom available; toilets, including children’s toilets.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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