Musée Robert-Tatin
Open-air museum and home of the artist Robert Tatin in Cossé-le-Vivien, with its giant statues, a dragon and gardens.
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Over het museum
Robert Tatin was born in Laval in 1902. He first ran a building company, then became a ceramicist in Paris after the Second World War. In 1950 he spent five years in South America, where he studied ceramics in Brazil. His work won a first prize at the São Paulo Biennial in 1951.
After returning to France, he settled in Cossé-le-Vivien, in the Mayenne, in 1962, at the age of sixty. For more than twenty years, with the help of his wife Lise, he transformed his house and land into a vast sculptural and colorful work, which he called an “archisculpture”. He lived there until his death in 1983.
The site is now visited as a museum. An avenue of nineteen large statues in painted concrete, the Allée des Géants, leads to the entrance. Inside, a guardian dragon and bas-reliefs inspired by myths from East and West surround a meditation garden. Rooms display the artist's paintings, ceramics, drawings and textiles. The gardens, covering more than six hectares, include a labyrinth of around 600 hornbeams planted in 2009.
The house received the “Maison des illustres” label from the Ministry of Culture in 2012, and the archisculpture has been protected as a historic monument since January 2022. The museum is run by the Mayenne Departmental Council.
Hoogtepunten
- Allée des Géants: 19 statues in painted concrete
- Dragon and bas-reliefs inspired by myths from around the world
- Jardin des Méditations and over six hectares of gardens with a labyrinth
- Paintings, ceramics, drawings and textiles by Robert Tatin
- Artist's house (guided tour only)
- “Maison des illustres” label
Vaste collectie
- Archisculpture de Robert Tatin – Allée des Géants, the dragon, bas-reliefs, the Jardin des Méditations and rooms with the artist's paintings, ceramics, drawings and textiles; the house can only be visited with a guide.
- Beheerder
- Département de la Mayenne
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
| Volwassenen | € 4 |
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| Met korting | € 2People with disabilities, job seekers, students, adult groups of 10 or more, holders of the CNAS card or the MayN'Pass, customers of Gîtes de France Mayenne, visitors holding a ticket less than one year old for a second or third departmental site |
| Kinderen & jongeren | gratisgratis t/m 17 jaar · Free for children under 18. |
| Mensen met een beperking | € 2Reduced rate; adapted visits are possible. |
| Studenten | € 2 |
| Groepen (vanaf 10 pers.) | € 4 p.p.Adult groups; €2 for social centers. |
| Guided museum tour (site admission included), full price | € 6 |
| Guided museum tour (site admission included), reduced rate | € 4 |
| Guided tour of museum and house (site admission included), full price | € 9Booking required or subject to availability. |
| Guided tour of museum and house (site admission included), reduced rate | € 6 |
| Annual pass | € 15 |
| Adapted visit for social centers | € 2Free for accompanying adults. |
Gratis toegang: The first Sunday of every month (the artist's house is closed that day).
Admission prices cover the site excluding the artist's house, which can only be visited on a guided tour.
Toegankelijkheid
- Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
- Lift: geen informatie
- Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
- Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
- Hulphonden welkom
- Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
- Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
- Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
- Audiodescriptie: geen informatie
Adapted visits are available for various disabilities. The Jardin des Méditations and part of the painting rooms are not wheelchair accessible. Guide dogs are welcome; other animals are not.
Kinderen & gezin
Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen
| Bezoekduur | ca. 1,5 uur |
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| Toegang kinderen | gratis t/m 17 jaar |
- Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
Family tours for children aged 4 to 12 accompanied by adults, by reservation, and holiday workshops for 4- to 12-year-olds are offered regularly.
Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
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Service & horeca
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Evenementen & zaalverhuur
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Je bezoek plannen
| Rondleidingen | ja · duur ca. 45 min. |
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| Aanbod voor scholen | ja |
| Goed om te weten | For a group, plan for about 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours on site. A guided museum tour lasts 45 minutes to 1 hour; the artist's house can only be seen on the guided museum-and-house tour, which must be booked online. Tour times: in February, March and October to December, daily at 15:00; April to June and in September, Tuesday to Friday at 15:00, and at weekends at 14:30 and 16:00; July and August, daily at 14:30 and 16:00; no tours on the first Sunday of the month. The house is not accessible to groups. For schools, visits and workshops are offered from nursery school to higher education, and a collection of facsimiles can be borrowed free of charge. |
