Cécile Berthou
Historic site and monument
On the premisesSaint Etienne cathedral basilica
Meaux
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Laura Leze![Exposition permanente du musée Bossuet]()
Mellie Jumelle![Salle du musée Bossuet]()
Mellie Jumelle![Façade du musée Bossuet depuis le jardin Bossuet]()
Studio Mir![Musée des Beaux Arts à Meaux]()
Audrey Karapédian![Peinture du musée Bossuet à Meaux]()
Beatrix Pajczer![Floris déploration]()
Laura Leze![Musée Bossuet de Meaux]()
Laura Leze![Musée Bossuet de Meaux]()
Laura Leze![Musée Bossuet de Meaux]()
Laura Leze
Presentation
The former episcopal palace, located in the centre of the remarkable ensemble of the Episcopal City, has housed the Bossuet Museum since 1927.
The city's historical collections were assembled in the 19th century through donations, bequests, archaeological excavations and some state deposits. In the 20th century, two donations from eminent scientists considerably expanded the painting collections. The bequest of Henri Moissan's son, received in 1914, made it possible to present works by Jean-François Millet, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps and Charles-François Daubigny. Since 1983, the museum's collections have been regularly enriched by Jean-Pierre and Annie Changeux with 17th and 18th century paintings by Mathieu Le Nain, Claude Vignon, Jacques Blanchard, Sébastien Bourdon and other artists...
Temporary exhibitions are held in the lower medieval rooms, while the first floor is devoted to the permanent collections and the bishops' flat, whose study is dedicated to the famous bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet.
Rates/Opening
Rates
Collections (including temporary exhibition) :
Full price: €5
Reduced rate : 4 € (under 26, students, jobseekers, people on minimum social benefits, over 65, Meaux residents).
Group rate for 10 people or more.
Collections + guided tour of museum or event:
Full price: €7
Reduced rate: €6 (under 26, students, jobseekers, people on minimum welfare benefits, over 65, Meaux residents).
Free admission (on presentation of proof):
- Every first Sunday of the month
- Children under 8, disabled people and their carers, journalists, tourism and cultural professionals, teachers (as part of a project with the museum).
- Balad'Pass 77 card: one free ticket with the purchase of a full-price ticket.
Open
From 01/04 to 31/10
Opening hours on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 9.30 am and 12.30 pm and between 2 pm and 6 pm.
Closed on Tuesday.
Closed exceptionally on May 1st and July 14th.
From 01/11 to 31/03
Opening hours on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday between 10 am and 12.30 pm and between 2 pm and 5 pm. On Sunday between 2 pm and 5 pm.
Closed Monday and Tuesday.
Closed exceptionally on January 1st and December 25th.
