1) Camille Claudel Museum
Camille Claudel The Ripe Age Camille Claudel Museum
Nogent-sur-Seine, a pool of sculptors! Alfred Boucher and Paul Dubois already had their museum there before the 2017 opening of the Camille Claudel Museum, installed in the latter's childhood home. She lived there only three years but which were crucial in her life as an artist. The place gives him a beautiful part with the presence of the major part of his work, 45 sculptures out of 80, from La Valse mild to the delicious Petite châtelaine via the imposing Persée and the Gorgon ... The other 200 pieces make among other tributes to his contemporaries such as Marius Ramus, Paul Dubois, Alfred Boucher ... friends of Auguste Rodin. Less than an hour from Paris, the museum's success is now recognized with more than 80,000 visitors since its inception.
COVID measures : mask (mandatory from 11 years old), hydroalcoholic gel dispenser available upon entry, compliance with the rules for physical distance, payment by contactless bank card (possible from the first euro) preferred, the audioguide is downloadable on smartphone (Wifi available in the museum hall). Group visits are not possible at the moment.
Note: the temporary exhibition Les Sculpteurs du travail is postponed to September 26.
Camille-Claudel Museum. 10, rue Gustave-Flaubert, Nogent-sur-Seine (10). Reservation is widely recommended. Tel: 03 25 24 76 34. Rates from 4 € to 7 €, free for children under 26. Tuesday to Friday from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m .; weekends from 1.30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
2) Museum of Skippers and Waterways
At the confluence of the Seine and the Oise, this unique place takes us into the history of inland navigation. Models, paintings, engravings, sculptures, tell the trade and the life of the boatmen and teach us on the techniques of navigation in a complete and playful way. To see with family! The visit can be extended by a walk along the banks of the Seine.
COVID measures: Museum open only to individual visitors, limited to 30, wearing of a mandatory mask (except small children), respecting gestures of distance from one meter, at the box office and in the museum. Elimination of guided tours and entertainment.
Museum of inland waterways and waterways . 3, place Jules-Gévelot. Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (78). Tel .: 01 34 90 39 50. Prices from 1.5 € to 5 €. Open Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. and Wednesday and Friday: 2 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
3) Elsa Triolet-Aragon House
The mill of Villeneuve, property of Elsa Triolet and Louis Aragon Maison Triolet-Aragon
In 1951, the couple of writers bought what Aragon called "the little corner of France". The poet thus offers his wife of Russian origin a place of inking but also a place of writing. If he won the Renaudot Prize in 1936, Elsa was not only his muse, she was the first woman to obtain the Goncourt in 1945. Discover this place of life as it was in the time when the couple spent days there happy is to dive into their intimacy. Among the personal objects, several Picasso , drawings and pitchers, a ceramic and an illustration of a poem by Fernand Léger, a drawing by Peynet, the armchairs brought back from Tahiti take place in the middle of Russian memories…
COVID measures : Guided tour by group of five people, wearing a mandatory mask, hydroalcoholic gel in the rooms visited, roundabout, presentation of the visit in the paved courtyard in front of the house, possibility of a guided tour of the sculptures in the 6 ha of the park, Olga Luna exhibition extended until 20 September.
Elsa Triolet-Aragon house . Windmill of Villeneuve. Rue de la Villeneuve. Saint Arnoult-en-Yvelines. Reservation preferable online, especially on weekends. Tel .: 01 30 41 20 15. Prices from 5 € to 9 €. Open every day from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
4) Toile de Jouy Museum
The Musée de la Toile de Jouy is a stopover point on the Véloscénie circuit, which obtained the "Accueil Vélo" label in 2018. DR.
More than 10,000 pieces (textiles, paintings, costumes ...) constitute the treasure of the Château de l'Églantine, a building dating from the mid-19th century and fitted out to accommodate this collection since 1991. Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf makes famous printed fabrics a pretty country motif of small characters and animals. The factory founded by him in 1760 becomes a flagship of French industry whose 30,000 different designs are still dreaming today. We learn its history as well as the main stages of fabric manufacturing. It is impossible to leave without going through the shop which offers many objects inspired by the museum, accessible to all budgets.
COVID measure: Distribution of hydroalcoholic gel from the entrance and at the shop, 10 visitors maximum in the museum, wearing of a mandatory mask, respect for barrier gestures. The Museum shop, where only 4 people can enter at a time, sells pretty Toile de Jouy masks.
Note: the Musée de la Toile de Jouy is a stopover point on the Véloscénie circuit, which obtained the "Accueil Vélo" label in 2018. This guarantees fans of the little queen, a welcome and appropriate services. You can also after a stroll in the forest, push to the Maison Léon Blum which has also reopened.
Toile de Jouy Museum. 54, rue Charles-de-Gaulle. Jouy-en Josas (78). Tel .: 01 39 56 48 64. Rates from 4 € to 8 €. Tuesday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
5) Museum of art, history and archeology
At the museum of art, history and archeology of Evreux, there are very varied works, bronze statues of Jupiter and Appolon, but also works by major artists such as Simon Hantaï, Zao Wou-Ki, Pierre Soulages. DR.
From Antiquity to the present day, there is something for everyone! In the three floors of the former episcopal palace itself, dating from the 15th century, are exhibited very varied works such as the bronze statues of Jupiter and Apollo, furniture and painting (Flanders, Holland, Italy, France ) but also a large collection of works from the second half of the 20th century with works by major artists such as Simon Hantaï, Zao Wou-Ki, Pierre Soulages.
COVID measure: Only individual visits are authorized; guided tours and workshops are canceled during this period. (Barrier gestures, wearing a mask, physical distance, etc.).
Museum of art, history and archeology . 6 rue Charles Corbeau . Évreux (27). Tel .: 02 32 31 81 90. Free entry. From Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
