The city of Versailles, particularly important for the History of France, opens on Saturday, December 3, 2022 to the public the new version of its Lambinet Museum, an 18th century mansion that houses a wide variety of collections with works dating from the Renaissance to the mid-20th century. Paintings, sculptures, drawings, engravings, furniture and art objects related to theart of living in Versailles and the French Revolution are on display.
The museum, which has been undergoing renovation for three years, is celebrating its 90th anniversary with a grand reopening and a new scenography. The city's art and history museum was built for a building contractor of Louis XV in the 18th century, before Nathalie Lambinet bequeathed it to Versailles in 1929 to set up a museum, which opened to the public three years later. Today, the museum is a real collector's house, and plunges you into the atmosphere of Versailles of yesteryear.
It is also an opportunity to discover the rooms of European art history from the 17th to the 19th century, and to admire the city's heritage. The museographic tour is followed by apothecary rooms, classified as historical monuments, which immerse the visitor in a hospital universe. In addition, a remarkable work is preserved, the harp created by the luthier of Queen Marie-Antoinette in Versailles, François-Joseph Naderman.
A temporary exhibition, "Prendre corps", conceived especially for the reopening, offers the public a special look at the invisible, thanks to the photographer Céline Clanet. Then, from November 25, 2023 to February 25, 2024, a retrospective on the portrait painter Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet will be exhibited.
Dates and Opening Time
Starts December 3rd, 2022
Location
Lambinet Museum
54 Boulevard de la Reine
78000 Versailles
Prices
Tarif réduit: €5
Tarif normal: €6
Official website
www.versailles.fr
