Requien Museum

67, rue Joseph Vernet
84000 AVIGNON - FRANCE

Phone: 04.13.60.51.20

Price min : gratuit

Establishment description

The Museum Requien owes its name to its creator Esprit Requien (1788 - 1851) who, in 1840, bequeathed to the Calvet Museum its collections and its library. Esprit Requien devoted himself very early on to botany, then to malacology and paleontology.
Since 1943, the museum has been housed in the Raphélis de Soissans hotel (18C) which adjoins the Calvet Museum. With more than 1.2 million specimens, it is one of the most important natural history museums in the region. It regularly presents exhibitions. It also houses a large study library and reserves accessible only to researchers.

Ouvert tous les jours sauf dimanche et lundi: de 10h à 13h/ 14h à 18h.

Labels, services & amenities

Handicapped access: NO
Pets allowed: NO
Group allowed: NO

News & Specials offers

. From 01/01/2022 to 12/31/2022.An invitation to travel back in time, among the secrets, enigmas and legends that surround the history of the rue des Teinturiers. More than a visit, it is a precious cultural moment, made up of exchanges, sharing and transmission.Classified in 1932 among “natural monuments, sites of artistic, historical, scientific, legendary or picturesque character”, the rue des Teinturiers shelters many secrets, enigmas and legends.With the Sorgue and the paddle wheels, the question of water, a long-standing geopolitical and economic issue, is addressed; industry in Provence, family life and local crafts (indienneurs, tanners and dyers) are at the heart of this visit. The street of wheels also houses the memory of illustrious characters: the entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre, the industrialist Jean-François Pernod, the painter Jean-Bapstiste Brunel, the poet Pétrarque and his dear Laure, etc.