Musée Petiet

Over het museum

In 1880, Léopold-Henri Petiet gave the town of Limoux the house on the Tivoli promenade, where his family of painters had its studio, to create a drawing and painting school and a museum. The family added part of its collection: copies by Léopold and Auguste Petiet and several canvases by Marie Petiet (1854–1893), Léopold's daughter, who became a recognized artist and exhibited at the Salon.

Between 1902 and 1912, Étienne Dujardin-Beaumetz, Marie's husband, senator for the Aude and under-secretary of state for fine arts, enriched the collections. The museum occupies several adjoining houses fitted out at the end of the 19th century, with high ceilings, original skylights and old tiled floors.

The collection is devoted mainly to academic painting of the second half of the 19th century and to post-Impressionism, with works by Marie Petiet, Dujardin-Beaumetz, Achille Laugé, Henri Le Sidaner, Henri Lebasque and Aman-Jean. Some of the works are on deposit from national museums. The museum also has a collection of 53 medals from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and carries the “Musée de France” label.

Hoogtepunten

• Former studio of the Petiet family of painters
• Les Blanchisseuses and other scenes of life in Limoux by Marie Petiet
• Paintings by Achille Laugé, a pointillist artist from the Aude
• Scenes of the 1870 war by Étienne Dujardin-Beaumetz
• Late 19th-century rooms with original skylights

Vaste collectie

• Peinture académique et postimpressionnisme – Works from the second half of the 19th century and the early 20th century, featuring Marie Petiet, Étienne Dujardin-Beaumetz and Achille Laugé.
• Médaillier – A collection of 53 medals from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Opgericht

1880

Bezoekers per jaar

ca. 5.430

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gratis toegang: European Heritage Days: free admission to the permanent collections (September 19 and 20, 2026).

Payment by check, cash or bank transfer.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• 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 listed as accessible to people with reduced mobility and to strollers (Occitanie museums page, 2025 season).

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Kinderwagenvriendelijk

The museum has a reading and coloring corner for children and offers workshops for children. Free for children under 10.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

From Carcassonne, via departmental road 118.

Service & horeca

The museum's website does not mention Wi-Fi for visitors.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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