Naval and Maritime Museums: France

Arromanche

Musée du Débarquement à Arromanche

F-14117 Arromanches.

Telephone: +33 31 223431
Telefax: +33 31 926883
WWW: http://www.min-equip.fr/france.ocean/culture/arromanc/arromanc.html [1997-07-10: Missing]

A small museum illustrating how the floating harbours were constructed, using film and scale models. Part of floating harbour is still at the beach.

Bordeaux

Musée de la Marine

place de la Bourse,
1, rue Fernand Philippart,
Bordeaux (Gironde).

Le croiseur Colbert

Face au 60,
quai des Chartrons,
F-33000 Bordeuax.

Telephone: +33 56 449611
Telefax: +33 56 447485
WWW: http://www.min-equip.fr/france.ocean/culture/musmar/colbert.html [1997-07-10: Missing]

Brest

Musée de la Marine

Château de Brest,
Brest (Finistè.re).

Telephone: +33 (0)98 12 22 39

Opening hours: Daily, except Tuesday 09:15-12:00 and 14:00-18:00.

The museum, which is housed in the Château de Brest built in 1740-1790, is an outstation of the Musée de la Marine at Palais de Chaillot, Paris.

The midget submarine S622 is being added to the collections.

Camaret-sur-Mer

Musée naval

Tour Vauban,
Camaret-sur-Mer (Finistè.re).

Cannes

There is a small maritime and nautical archaeological museum on the island out side the harbour.

Cap d'Agde

Musée d'archéologie sous-marine et subaquatique du cap d'Agde

mas de la Clape,
Cap d'Agde (Hérault).

Caudebec-en-Caux

Musée de la Marine de Seine

F-76490 Caudebec-en-Caux.

Telephone: +33 (0)35 962730

Temporary exhibition 1995-09-01 -- 11-30: De la forêr au bois de marine.

Châteauneuf-sur-Loire

Musée de la marine de Loire du Vieux-Châteauneuf et sa région

Château,
Châteauneuf-sur-Loire (Loiret).

Concarneau

Musée de la Pêche

rue Vauban,
BP 3,
F-29181 Concarneau.

Telephone: +33 (0)98 971020.

Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire

Musée de la marine de Loire

Palais de Justice, Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire (Niè.vre).

Douarnenez

Le Port-Musée

Port Rhu,
Place de l'Enfer,
F-29177 Douarnenez.

Telephone: +33 (0)98 926520

Dunkerque

Musée des beaux arts de Dunkerque

Place du Général de Gaulle,
F-59140 Dunkerque.

Musée Portuaire

9, Quai de la Citadelle,
F-59140 Dunkerque.

Telephone: +33 28 633339
Telefax: +33 28 650662
WWW: http://www.min-equip.fr/france.ocean/culture/musmar/mupor.html [1997-07-10: Missing]

Opening hours: Daily, with the exception of Tuesday 10:00-12:15, 13:00-18:00; July-August 10:00-18:00.

Étaples

Musée de la Marine

boulevard de l'Impératrice,
Étaples (Pas-de-Calais)

Grasse

Musée de la Marin Amiral de Grasse

2 boulevard du jeu de Ballon,
F-06130 Grasse.

Telephone: +33 (0)4 9340 1111

Opening hours: Summer, daily 10:00-19:00; Winter, Saturday - Sunday 10:00-12:00, 14:00-18:00; Closed May 8, July 14; November.

Lorient

Musée de la Compagnie des Indes

WWW: http://www.min-equip.fr/france.ocean/culture/indes/coinde1.html [1997-07-10: Missing]

Marseille

Musée de la Marine et de l'�conomie de Marseille

Palais de la Bourse,
La Canebi�re,
B.P. 1856,
F-13221 Marseille Cedex.

Telephone: +33 (0)4 9139 3333
Telefax: +33 (0)4 9139 5615
E-mail: Patrick-Boulanger

Opening hour: Daily 10:00-17:00.

Nice

Mus�e de la Marine

Tour Bellanda

A small but interesting naval and maritime museum housed in part of the old fortress of Nice, the Tour Bellanda, built in 1844.

Paris

Musée de la Marine

Palais de Chaillot,
Place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre,
F-75116 Paris.

Telephone: +33 (0)1 45533170 [0153656969 fax 0153656942]
Telefax: +33 (0)1 47274967. [153656942]
URL: http://www.equipement.gouv.fr/france.ocean/culture/musmar/musmar1.html

Opening hours: Sunday-Friday, 10:00-18:00.

The national maritime and naval museum of France. The permanent exibition includes several large scale models originally used as instruction models.

Library and archives

The library is open by appointment on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 09:30-17:15. Telephone: +1 (0)1 45533170. The collections comprise:

30.000 volumes of printed books, including 189 journals.
43.000 engravings
180.000 b/w photographic negatives

The Musée de la Marine at the Château de Brest is an outstation to the museum.

Select Bibliography:

Musée de la marine, Paris, 1954.
R.C. Anderson: Le Musée de la Marine. The American Neptune Vol. 17 (1957), pp 65-66.
A. Balsen: French Naval Museums. The Mariner's Mirror Vol. 7 (1921), pp 383-384.
John Crookshank: Museum News: Musée de la Marine Paris. Model Shipwright Vol. 15 (1986-87), pp 57:67-71, ill.
Carson I.A. Ritchie: Musée de la Marine, Paris. Model Shipwright Vol. 11 (1982-83), pp 44:18-23, ill.

Rochefort

Musée Naval

Musée de la Marine

Hôtel de Cheusses,
Place de la Galissonnière,
F- 17300 Rochefort.

Telephone: +33 46 998657.

Opening hours: November 16 — October 14, Thursday-Tuesday 10:00-12:00 and 14:00-18:00.

The museum, which is housed in the former residence of the Admiral of the Fleet, is an out-station of the Musée de la Marine in Paris.

Saint Nazaire

Ecomusée de Saint-Nazaire

Rue de Bac de Minden,
F-44600 Saint Nazaire.

Telephone: +33 40 667966

Museum ship: Espadon (1958), French Narval class submarine.

Updated 1999-06-26 by Lars Bruzelius

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