Port-musée de Douarnenez

Over het museum

The Port-musée de Douarnenez grew out of the efforts of a group of local residents who, from the 1970s onward, wanted to save the maritime heritage of France’s coasts. Their association, Treizour (“the ferryman” in Breton), assembled a large collection of old hulls, published the maritime ethnology journal Le Chasse-marée and founded a regional federation for maritime culture and heritage. The museum opened in May 1993.

It occupies a former cannery on the bank of the Port-Rhu ria, near the Île Tristan. More than 2,800 m² of permanent and temporary exhibitions are devoted to boats, the skills of sailors and shipwrights, and the history of sardine canneries. Classified as a “Musée de France”, it presents itself as the most maritime of France’s museums.

The collection includes around ten thousand objects related to the sea, photographic holdings by Breton photographers (Michel Thersiquel, Félix and Nicole Le Garrec), and more than 280 boats of all sizes and origins, from the African pirogue to a factory ship over thirty metres long. Some of these vessels, restored in full view of the public by the museum’s own shipwrights, can be visited afloat from the jetties and pontoons.

Hoogtepunten

• More than 280 boats of all sizes and origins
• Historic ships to visit afloat, from the hold to the deck
• Former sardine cannery and a space devoted to sardine canneries
• Rigging hall with boats under full sail
• Photographic archives of Michel Thersiquel and the Le Garrecs

Vaste collectie

• Collection du musée à quai – More than 2,800 m² devoted to boats, maritime skills and the history of canneries.
• Bateaux à flot – Historic ships moored at the Port-Rhu, some of them open to visitors from the hold to the deck, from April to November.

Opgericht

1993

Bezoekers per jaar

ca. 68.869

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

In high and mid season with boats afloat, tickets are €11.50 (full price) and €5.50 (reduced, child); family pass €26. In mid season without boats afloat and in low season, €10 (full price) and €5 (reduced, child); family pass €23. The ticket is valid all day. Schoolchildren from Finistère: free admission. Guided group visit: €50 extra.

Toegankelijkheid

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

All areas of the museum are accessible to visitors with reduced mobility; wheelchairs and magnifier sheets are available on request. The toilets were recently renovated and meet accessibility standards. Visits and workshops are adapted, including a tactile discovery of the collections. For guided group visits, the boats afloat at the Port-Rhu are not accessible to people with disabilities.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops

Participatory visits and workshops with family activities during every school holiday period; family pass available.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum is located along the Port-Rhu ria, Place de l’Enfer.

Service & horeca

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Zakelijke evenementen

The rigging hall can host professional events; participants are systematically offered a guided tour at the start of the reception (subject to conditions).

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