Musée national Adrien-Dubouché

Over het museum

The museum is linked to Adrien Dubouché (1818–1881), a Limoges merchant and patron. As president of the Société des Amis des arts du Limousin, he ran the museum on a voluntary basis from 1865. In 1868 he founded an art school in the same building, so that the collections would inspire artists and porcelain craftsmen. He continued to enrich the collections until his death in 1881.

That same year, the State took over the museum and its collections from the City of Limoges. A new building, begun in 1896 on the site of a former asylum to plans by the architect Henri Mayeux, opened in 1900. It is in an Italianate style, with architectural ceramics, and was listed as a monument historique in 1992.

From 2003 a European competition led to an extension designed by the architect Boris Podrecca: a glass building links Mayeux's museum to the former École des arts décoratifs and houses the reception, the shop and the start of the visit route. The museum now occupies three buildings.

The collections, some 18,000 works, cover ceramics, glass and manufacturing techniques, and form the largest public collection of Limoges porcelain. The visit route is circular: it starts with manufacturing techniques, traces the history of ceramics from antiquity to today and ends with Limoges porcelain.

Hoogtepunten

• Largest public collection of Limoges porcelain
• Circular route from manufacturing techniques to contemporary creation
• Ceramic collections from antiquity to the present day, and glass
• Listed 1900 building, extended by a glass addition by Boris Podrecca
• Free visitor app with a family route

Vaste collectie

• Parcours permanent de la céramique – Circular route: manufacturing techniques, the history of ceramics from antiquity to today, then Limoges porcelain.
• La porcelaine de Limoges – The largest public collection of Limoges porcelain, part of which is shown along the route.
• Le verre – Presentation of the museum's glass collections.

Opgericht

1845

Beheerder

Établissement public Cité de la céramique (ministère de la Culture)

Bezoekers per jaar

ca. 34.170

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gratis toegang: First Sunday of every month.

Admission is also free for practising teachers, job seekers, RSA recipients and social-security-registered artists-authors (artistes-auteurs), on proof. Holders of the Pass Limoges Malin enter the permanent collections free of charge. A reduced rate applies at the Bernardaud Manufacture, the Four des Casseaux museum and the Moulin du Got on presentation of a ticket from one of these sites.

Toegankelijkheid

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

The museum is fully accessible to people with reduced mobility: step-free entrance, wide doors and two lifts. Wheelchairs and folding seats can be lent at reception, benches line the route, and an induction loop is installed at reception. Tactile tours are offered for blind and visually impaired visitors, and the app includes an easy-read route. Only assistance dogs are admitted.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour

A family route in the app, built around a mysterious notebook left at the entrance. Free drawing boards from age 3 at the entrance, and the activity booklet “Le voyage extraordinaire au pays de l’or blanc” from age 7 at the ticket desk.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Limoges-Bellegarde airport is about 15 minutes away.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel
• Garderobe
• Kluisjes

The shop is run by Cultival. Bags larger than 55 x 35 x 20 cm are not allowed; smaller bags can be left at the cloakroom after inspection. Bag checks are carried out systematically.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Zakelijke evenementen

Tot 320 personen.

Hire of the contemporary hall, the historic gallery, the auditorium, the winter garden, the gardens and a café, with or without a private tour of the collections. The historic gallery holds up to 320 people for a cocktail reception. Requests must be made at least six months in advance.

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