Musée Champollion
45 rue Champollion 38450 Vif
- Isère
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Located in the Domaine «Les Champollion», the Musée Champollion is dedicated to the memory of the Champollion brothers: Jean-François (1790-1832), the Egyptologist and Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac (1778-1867), his elder brother and the birth of Egyptology. Protected under the title of Historical Monuments, the property, acquired by the Department of Isère, testifies to the stays dauphinois of the two brothers. Everything in these places signals their presence and maintains their memory: the shadows of the park that they appreciated, the mansion and its interior decorations, the furniture, art objects and personal effects of the two men, preserved by the descendants. In order to be able to perpetuate the work of memory initiated by the family, the Department of Isère led an ambitious architectural, landscape and museum project to offer to this place of memory a radiation to the measure of the Champollion brothers. Labeled Musée de France in 2020, it invites to a journey from the ba
Tags
Monument historique, Musée de France, Espace naturel, parc, jardin, Musée, salle d'exposition & Maison, appartement, atelier de personnes célèbres
Accès
Bus: - Line 25 and 26, stop Mairie de Vif - TransIsère n°4500 (line Mens-Grenoble) stop Mairie de Vif Train: - From Grenoble: Train (TER to Clelles-Mens) stop Vif. Autoroute A480 exit 12 (Vif) Parking: Parking at Espace Olympe de Gouges, place Jean Couturier, 38450 Vif. Two PMR places are available at the entrance of the museum.
© Photo Jean-Sébastien Faure/Département de l’Isère/Musée Champollion
