Musée du Vieux Toulouse

Over het museum

The museum is the work of the association Les Toulousains de Toulouse, which began gathering collections in 1907 by launching an appeal for donations. It first occupied several temporary premises, including a barracks on the Quai de la Daurade, then the École Fabre on Rue Saint-Jean, where it opened in 1921.

In 1948 Dr Siméon Durand bequeathed the Hôtel Dumay to the association. This fine mansion was built from 1590 onwards by Antoine Dumay, physician to Marguerite de Valois, and by his son. It is protected as a historic monument. The museum settled on the first floor and reopened to the public in 1955. Temporary exhibitions began in the 1960s, and the museum received the “Musée de France” label in 2003. After the association’s centenary, it closed for works from 2006 to 2012.

The route presents about 500 works in eight rooms furnished in the taste of the 18th century. It follows themes: the city’s development, local institutions such as the Capitouls and the Jeux floraux, regional costumes, trades, portraits of magistrates, local faience and porcelain, and mementos of Toulouse personalities.

Hoogtepunten

• The Hôtel Dumay, a late 16th-century mansion with its inner courtyard
• Old views of Toulouse and portraits of magistrates
• The gold and silver flowers of the Jeux floraux
• Faience, porcelain and pottery from the region
• Traditional costumes and scenes of rural life

Vaste collectie

• Parcours muséographique de l'hôtel Dumay – Eight rooms on the second floor present about 500 works on the history of Toulouse, its institutions, its trades and its costumes.

Opgericht

1907

Beheerder

Association Les Toulousains de Toulouse et Amis du Vieux-Toulouse

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Also free for members of the association and holders of the Pass Tourisme, sold at the tourist office.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk: niet aanwezig
• 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

The museum is on the first floor and is not accessible to people with reduced mobility. The temporary exhibition room on the ground floor is accessible.

Kinderen & gezin

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

On foot: Rue du May runs at right angles to Rue Saint-Rome, on the right when coming from the Capitole.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Postcards and books on sale on site.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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