Heritage Days 2025: discover the dungeons of Nemours castle (77)

Published by Cécile de Sortiraparis, Rizhlaine de Sortiraparis, Laurent de Sortiraparis · Updated on September 20, 2025 at 12:46 p.m.
For the Journées du Patrimoine (Heritage Days), the château-musée de Nemours invites the curious to discover its tours and events on September 20 and 21, 2025. On the program: original tours of the Château de Nemours basements and other events.

Looking for a great Heritage Days outing? The Château-Musée de Nemours invites you to discover its treasures and secrets through an exciting program. It's the perfect way to take advantage of this not-to-be-missed cultural event, which invites you to discover our heritage in a whole new way, with visits and events - often free of charge - in museums, monuments, châteaux and even places not usually open to the public. And of course, the whole of the Île-de-France region gets in on the act!

Whether you're looking for a program near you, or you'd like to explore the region's heritage, Seine-et-Marne has plenty to offer, including the famous Château-Musée de Nemours.

A major medieval building in the Île-de-France region, Château de Nemours was built in the mid-12th century by Gauthier 1er de Villebéon. The entire château has been listed as a Monument Historique since 1977 (the chapel since 1926), and has been a museum since 1903. Throughout the year, two temporary exhibitions follow one another in the Musée de France. In all, 20,000 works of art make up the collections of this fine museum, including paintings, sculptures, graphic art, photographs and other works of decorative art.

On the program for the Journées du Patrimoine 2025 at the Château de Nemours in Seine-et-Marne:

  • Free visit of the "Traits de génie" exhibition
    Saturday, September 20, 2025 - 10:00 ⤏ 12:30, 14:00 ⤏ 18:00 | Sunday, September 21, 2025 - 10:00 ⤏ 12:30, 14:00 ⤏ 18:00

    Come and discover Traits de genie, a free exhibition of the finest sheets from the graphic art cabinet. A unique opportunity to discover drawings and prints from the 16th and 17th centuries, never before exhibited.



  • Self-guided tour of the permanent exhibition at the Château-Musée de Nemours
    Saturday, September 20, 2025 - 10:00 ⤏ 12:30, 14:00 ⤏ 18:00 | Sunday, September 21, 2025 - 10:00 ⤏ 12:30, 14:00 ⤏ 18:00

    Born of the desire to offer the Château-Musée's masterpieces to as many people as possible, the permanent exhibition features large-scale formats, decorative arts and sculpture.



  • Self-guided tour of the 17th-century dungeons at Château de Nemours
    Saturday, September 20, 2025 - 10:00 ⤏ 12:30, 14:00 ⤏ 18:00 | Sunday, September 21, 2025 - 10:00 ⤏ 12:30

    At the heart of a space usually closed to the public, discover the prison yard and its authentic 17th-century dungeons, for a better understanding of the prison world of that era.



  • Guided tour of the Chapelle des Tanneurs
    Saturday, September 20, 2025 - 14:00 ⤏ 15:00

    Accompanied by an interpreter, discover the sculptures housed in the Chapelle des Tanneurs.



  • Presentation of the permanent exhibition at the Château-Musée
    Saturday, September 20, 2025 - 16:00 ⤏ 16:30, 17:00 ⤏ 17:30

    Come and talk to a Château-Musée agent to learn more about the creation of the permanent tour.



  • An offbeat tour of the Château-Musée
    sunday, september 21, 2025 - 2:00 pm ⤏ 3:15 pm, 4:00 pm ⤏ 5:15 pm

    A tour of the museum, led by a guide on his first day. But he gets it all wrong! A cleaning lady comes along to rectify his lack of knowledge. This clownish duet is a fun and original way to discover the works of art.



  • Visit the Château-Musée reserves
    sunday, september 21, 2025 - 16:00 ⤏ 16:15, 16:30 ⤏ 16:45, 17:00 ⤏ 17:15, 17:30 ⤏ 17:45

    The Château-Musée stores over 25,000 works of art. Take a flash tour and discover one of these areas to get a better understanding of what goes on behind the scenes at a museum.



Practical information

Dates and Opening Time
From September 20, 2025 to September 21, 2025

× Approximate opening times: to confirm opening times, please contact the establishment.

    Location

    1 Rue Gautier 1er
    77140 Nemours

    Route planner

    Access
    Transilien line R "Nemours - Saint-Pierre" station

    Prices
    Free

    Official website
    www.nemours.fr

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