Discover - Visits and Museums

Guided and theatrical tours

Information and reservations : Pézenas - Val d'Hérault Tourist information centre
TE : 04 67 98 36 40 - FAX: 04 67 98 96 80
E-mail: accueil.pezenas@otpvh.fr

Guided group tours: all year round for Pézenas historic centre

In French, English, German, Italian and Spanish, to book in advance. Other theme tours in french.
Information and bookings, guide service: Pézenas Val d'Hérault tourist office.
Tel: 04 67 98 36 40 - Fax: 04 67 98 96 80. 
Day trips on offer

Visit of Pézenas with an audio guide in French:

Discover the rich heritage and history of Pézenas on your own, at your own pace, when you want!
Price: € 5. Rent your headset at the tourist office in Pézenas. Maximum duration: 2 hours 30 min (without pause). Bring back the audio guides 15 minutes before closing time of the tourist office.

Museums and permanent exhibitions

Museum of Heritage of the town of Montagnac

21, rue Malirat
Exhibition of archaeological remains. Models of the town of Montagnac in the 15th century. Temporary exhibitions.
Information: 04 67 24 14 32
 www.ville-montagnac.fr - contact@ville-montagnac.fr

Interpretation Centre for Architecture and Heritage (CIAP) in Pézenas

The general goals of the CIAP are to give the local and regional visitors the keys to understand the heritage of the territory. It is a place of information and pedagogy.
A permanent exhibition on 2 levels presents the territory and its evolution and directs the public to the various sites and circuits in the surroundings.
On the upper floor, two rooms deal with the themes: «building in the 17th century:
the mansion» and «today’s heritage». This exhibition enables the public to understand the political and historical contexts, in which this heritage was constituted. Explanatory panels in English.
Temporary exhibition from 8th July to 28th September 2011: The daily life in the Middle Ages
Entrance free. Located in the tourist office (same opening hours).

Contact: Heritage department, tel. 04 67 98 52 69
www.ciap-pezenas.com
 

Vulliod-Saint-Germain Museum in Pézenas

3, rue Albert-Paul Alliès
34120 Pézenas
Museum de Vulliod-Saint-Germain
Housed in a 16th and 17th c. property, it contains collections of furniture, earthenware and Aubusson tapestries relating the history of Alexander the Great. Because of the return to Pézenas of the original wooden armchair, that used to be in the Barber Gély’s barbershop, an exhibition displays in 3 rooms the souvenirs of the famous author.
Opening times and days:
June to September, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. (late opening from 1st July to 15th September on Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.). From February to May and from October to mid-November open from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 2 to 5:30 p.m. (closed on Monday all year round). Closed from mid-November 2011  to mid-February 2012.
Prices: €2.50 adults; children and groups €1.50.

Exhibition of religious art and ancient history of Nézignan-l’Evêque

Chapel of White Penitents, by the church. Open July and August, Saturday
and Sunday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Renseignements : Association Nézignan Au Fil des Ans, M. Bernard Rolland (Président),
tel. 04 67 98 13 48.

Museum of doors and wrought ironwork in Pézenas

5/7 rue Montmorency in Pézenas
« An unusual museum in the heart of the old town ».

An unusual place near the chateau to visit the past (free of charge). Since it opened in 1993, the association for the wood trade has displayed the result of widely ranging cultural research.
Collection of doors (15th to 20th c.) from Pézenas and the area; ironwork, door knockers, old implements, etc.
Opening hours: museum open from Monday to Friday.
November, December, February: open from 2.30 to 5.15 p.m..
March, April, May, October: open from 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 noon and from 3 to 6.30 p.m. June, September: open from 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 noon and from 3.30 to 7.30 p.m., Saturday from 3.30 to 7.30 p.m.. Exceptional openings: opening of the Mirondela in July, European Heritage Days in September, All Saints’ Day, Christmas. Open on appointment on request.
Tel: 04 67 98 35 05 - sarl.ivorra@club-internet.fr
 

Saint Jean collegiate church in Pézenas: collection of religious art and crafts

Opening hours:
- June to November: Monday to Saturday from 3 pm to 7 pm (late opening from 1st July to 15th September Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 pm to 11 pm);
- December to May: Tuesday to Saturday open from 2 pm to 6 pm.
Information: 04 67 98 88 04.

Toy museum: Jouets et Merveilles d’Antan in Pézenas

2b rue Montmorency
34120 PEZENAS
Tel./Fax. 04 67 35 92 88
Site internet: www.jouets-merveilles.com
Email: contact@jouets-merveilles.com



 

« Go back in time and keep dreaming… »
To get away from it all, you can walk at leisure through the 4 rooms  among the 6,000 items of this astonishing collection (toys from France, Germany, Spain, but also Japan and America). The importance of the collection allows the regular change of the items on display. There you might find toys that are familiar to you, others that you would have loved to own and others from another age. Go back in time and keep dreaming.
Temporary exhibitions are planned several times a year.
Ramps and parking for the handicapped.

Opening Hours:
July, August, September: everyday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays, until midnight in July and August.
From October to June: everyday except Monday (except Holy Day) from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. School holidays: open everyday from 2 to 7 p.m.
Closed on Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, 4th to 31st January and 15th to 26th March. Group visits possible on appointment including other days and times.
A treasure hunt is available for children from 8 years old in French, English and German.

Boby Lapointe Museum in Pézenas

Boby Lapointe was born in Pézenas on 16th April 1922. He went up to Paris in 1951. In 1954, Bourvil sang “Aragon and Castille” in the film “Poisson d’avril” (April fool). This encouraged Boby to carry on writing. His début was at the Cheval d’Or in 1959. Boby Lapointe made “silly” songs intelligent. A trivial topic is the foundation for an edifice of puns and other word games to make you roll in the aisles. He was also an actor and a mathematician. He died in 1972, leaving his work to remember him by. Every April, his birthplace holds a festival in his honour.
This museum is an exhibition centre with pictures, records, DVDs, CDs collectors, books about Boby Lapointe and seat of the non-profit organisation "Eh! dis Boby". It is located 1, place Gambetta in the historic centre.

Opening hours: museum open every day.
February, March, September, October, November, December: open daily from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1 to 6 p.m.
April, May, June: open daily from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 to 7 p.m.
July and August: open daily from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 9 p.m.; later openings on Wednesday and Friday nights. Closed in January.
Prices: adults €2, teenagers from 12 to 18 years € 0.50, groups over 15 persons € 1.50. Entrance free for members of the non-profit organization Eh ! dis Boby.
The purchase of CDs, DVDs and books about Boby Lapointe is possible.
 


Eh ! dis Boby
Association des Amis de Boby Lapointe
1, place Gambetta
Tél : 04 67 210 287
www.bobylapointe.com
au-pays-de-boby@orange.fr

Museum of the history of perfume and distillery in Saint-Thibéry

Marty Perfumes industries: entrance free, from Tuesday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 12 noon and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. from 1st October to 31st May 2012. Open from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and 2 to 7 p.m. from 1st June to 30th September. Group visits and conferences are possible on appointment. Shop.
Parfums Marty
Route de Montblanc à Saint-Thibéry
Tél. 04 67 77 75 94 - Fax 04 67 77 00 08
www.parfums-marty.com  - contact@parfums-marty.com