Villa du Temps retrouvé

Over het museum

The villa was built in the 1860s by the architect Clément Parent as a family home, during the first phase of development of the seaside resort of Cabourg. Its brick façade, decorated with a diamond-lattice pattern, sets it apart from the Belle Époque buildings around it, most of which are more recent.

Over the course of changes of use, several wings were added. Before becoming a museum, it housed the Bruno Coquatrix cultural center. The site is now run as part of a municipal project and presents itself as an innovative museum.

The project is devoted to the heritage of the Côte fleurie, to Marcel Proust’s imaginary world, and to the cultures of the Belle Époque, the period between two centuries and two wars when Paris was the center of winter life and the Normandy resorts welcomed visitors in summer. Proust serves as the visitor’s guide. The route combines artworks, furniture, films, photographs, sounds and costumes, with digital mediation that lets visitors listen, read and watch room by room.

The works are lent by cultural institutions and private collectors, most often for one or several seasons. The 2026 season, titled “Marcel Proust & les avant-gardes,” brings together more than 350 works and objects in an immersive staging.

Hoogtepunten

• Belle Époque route around Marcel Proust, with more than 350 works and objects in 2026
• Works by Boudin, Corot, Pissarro, Sisley, Renoir, Sargent, Picasso, Van Dongen and Dufy
• Immersive staging with sounds, images, music and scents
• 1860s brick villa with a garden and tearoom
• Free-access library of popular books from the turn of the century

Vaste collectie

• Parcours Belle Époque – saison 2026 « Marcel Proust & les avant-gardes » – Immersive route of more than 350 works and objects lent by institutions and collectors, showing how Proust and the artists of the Belle Époque changed the way we see the world.

Beheerder

Ville de Cabourg

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Free also for tour guides, holders of the ICOM-ICOMOS card or the Muséopass, certain members of artists’ associations, members of AGCCPF and Friends of the Villa.

Toegankelijkheid

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

A reserved space and a drop-off zone are located on avenue du Président Raymond Poincaré, opposite the villa. A separate door on rue de la Libération is reserved for wheelchairs. All exhibition rooms are accessible and a lift is available.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

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

During school holidays: workshops for ages 4–6 (Mondays) and 7–12 (Thursdays), family guided tours on Wednesdays and Fridays at 16:00, and visits for toddlers aged 18 to 36 months on Wednesdays at 10:15. A free games trail (from age 6) is handed out at reception, and a label trail for children from age 8 accompanies the temporary exhibition. Only lightweight strollers (buggies) are admitted to the museum; all spaces are accessible by stroller. Changing table in the ground-floor restroom.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

By road via the A13, then the D513. A drop-off zone for coaches is provided in front of the site; any coach movement in Cabourg requires the approval of the municipality.

Service & horeca

• Café
• Museumwinkel
• Kluisjes

Tearoom in the garden, closed on Tuesdays and closing 30 minutes before the museum. Sales counter at reception. Locker at reception, to be collected the same day.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur

The site offers private hire of spaces for events and film shoots.

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