Located in the heart of Roanne, in a beautiful mansion between courtyard and garden, the Joseph Déchelette museum is an encyclopedic museum with rich and varied collections. A little over 36 works and works of art are listed today. This museum pays homage to Joseph Déchelette, owner of the house and forerunner in scientific archeology.
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Exhibition at the Joseph Déchelette museum © Gil Lebois / ADT42 ![Exposition au musée Joseph Déchelette]()
Exhibition at the Joseph Déchelette museum © Gil Lebois / ADT42 ![Exposition au musée Joseph Déchelette]()
Exhibition at the Joseph Déchelette museum © Gil Lebois / ADT42
A complete museum thanks to large-scale collections
The museum, encyclopedic, has rich and varied collections from prehistory to the twentiethe century. It is open to Western arts (Japan, China, Africa), Egyptian art, visual arts as well as applied arts.
Explore all the areas of each permanent collection:
- Archeology: The Archeology collections mainly concern Gallic and Gallo-Roman civilizations, at the time when Roanne was called Rodumna,
- Egyptian Antiquities: The collection of Egyptian Antiquities brings together some 250 funerary objects, including a mummy named Nesyamon. It is currently in reserve for conservation reasons,
- Paintings: Exhibited on the first floor of the museum, the paintings offer an overview of European art history. “Primitives” of the 15th centurye century to the Fauvist painters, through the landscape painters of the Barbizon School or regional ones, the visitor explores styles and periods in a few rooms,
- Sculptures : The collection of Sculptures at the Musée Déchelette extends from the end of the Middle Ages to the XNUMXth century.e century, although modest it contains some important pieces,
- Decorative Art : Roanne became a center of earthenware makers from the XNUMXth century. The collection dedicated to earthenware began at the beginning and ended in the XNUMXth century. The museum also has an important collection of Revolutionary Earthenware,
- Extra western art: Essentially enriched thanks to donors attached to their city (like Claude Dethève), the section of extra-western arts concerns Africa and Asia,
- Natural Sciences : The natural sciences collection, currently in reserve, includes two herbaria, an ornithological collection, and a mineralogical collection.
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The library
Accessible to all, by the courtyard or the garden of the museum, the Joseph Déchelette library specializing in archeology and art history, welcomes you and makes its resources available to you for an on-site consultation or a free home loan (subject to be registered).
3 moments to experience at the Joseph Déchelette museum
- Discover the richness of the collections, stroll through the rooms and let yourself be caught up in a work,
- Admire the museum library, the former orangery of the private mansion and JD's favorite place,
- Take advantage of the current temporary exhibition or children's workshops scheduled during school holidays.
Zoom on Jean Puy
Painter from Roanne, Jean Puy was born on November 8, 1876 and died on March 6, 1960. He was a prolific artist with various influences: Impressionism, Pointillism and Fauvism. It is now widely exhibited in the eponymous room of the Musée Déchelette, dedicated to the painters of the XNUMXth century.e century.
1905: Salon d'Automne, Jean Puy is described as "Fauve" alongside Henri Matisse and André Derain.
December 1905 : Ambroise Vollard, a great art dealer and talent scout (Picasso, Gauguin), buys his studio fund from him and takes it under contract for twenty years.
1940 : Jean Puy after many trips which led him to discover the Breton landscapes, the artistic madness of Paris and the southern sun returns to Roanne where he will end his career there.
Who is Joseph Déchelette?
Joseph Déchelette was born in 1862 in Roanne and died at the front in 1914 in Vingré. Coming from a large family in the textile industry in Roanne, he was a recognized archaeologist. His contribution to the richness of the museum's collections is immense and due to his many travels.
For 22 years, he was also the curator of the Museum of Fine Arts and Archeology of Roanne. Joseph Déchelette helps transform it into a modern museum where works are documented and compared.
Upon his death, Joseph Déchelette bequeathed his personal collections and his library to the town of Roanne, as well as a bequest of 100 gold francs for the construction of a new museum. The new museum was installed in the mansion in 000 and was renamed in his honor Joseph-Déchelette Museum of Fine Arts and Archeology.
Key figures
- 36 000 objects in its collections,
- 30 000 works listed in its library,
- 1 temporary exhibition room,
- 1 wing devoted to archeology,
- 500 guided tours and workshops per year,
- 15 000 visitors in 2019,
- 1 pictorial course going from the XVe the XXe century.
The constantly developing Joseph Déchelette museum
The Roanne museum is constantly renewing its cultural offer in order to better meet the expectations of the public on individual visits than of groups of adults or schoolchildren. In this human-sized place, you are invited to discover the current exhibition, stroll between the collections of the rooms of the Valence hotel, consult the works of the Déchelette library or stroll in the gardens!
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Joseph Déchelette Museum and its garden in 1988/1989 ![Musée Joseph Déchelette et son jardin]()
Joseph Déchelette Museum and its garden © Frédéric Rizzi
Key dates
- 1794 : The origins of the museum could be from this period. There was a natural history cabinet, a place of exhibition at the Jesuit college created by a Roanne resident, Lapierre,
- 1844: An archaeologist Fleury Mulsant donates his collection and inaugurates a museum on the top floor of the current Town Hall, a former Capuchin convent,
- 1923: The museum moves to 22 rue Anatole France at 2e floor of the private mansion bequeathed by Joseph Déchelette.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Currently closed
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Joseph Dechelette Museum
22 rue Anatole France
42300
Roanne
| From January 01 to December 31, 2024 Full price | Starting from 5 € |
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From January 01 to December 31, 2024
Reduced price reduced rate for: – People registered with Pôle Emploi, – CAE, AAH, minimum old age, RSA, CADA beneficiaries, – Groups from 10 people. |
Starting from 2,80 € |
