Free visit and discovery of the courtyard of the customs hotel

Name: Free visit and discovery of the courtyard of the customs hotel
Start: 2024-09-21T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-09-22T18:45:00+02:00
Location: Hôtel des douanes

In line with the annual theme of the European Heritage Days, the National Museum of Customs invites visitors to discover the courtyard of the Customs Hotel, its history, architecture and...

21 and 22 September

Conditions

Free. Without reservation. 30 people at a time.

©Musée national des douanes

In connection with the annual theme of the European Heritage Days, the National Museum of Customs, closed to the public for work, offers visitors to discover the courtyard of the Hotel des Douanes.
Free visit and discovery on Saturday and Sunday from 14h00 to 18h45.
In 2024, the European Heritage Days, are organized around the themes: "Heritage of routes, networks and connections" and "Maritime Heritage".
In connection with the latter, the MND offers a free tour of the courtyard of the customs hotel, exceptionally open for the occasion.
This is the opportunity to discover the architecture of this emblematic building of the city of Bordeaux, as well as its history closely linked to that of maritime heritage. The court was indeed an essential place for the declaration of the goods landed at the port.
Visitors will also be able to learn more about the renovation works of the scenographic route of the National Customs Museum.
Entries and exits will be at 1 customs dock and will be limited to 30 people at a time.

About the location

Hôtel des douanes

1 quai de la douane, 33000 Bordeaux

Gironde
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Originally called «Hôtel des Fermes du Roi», the building was designed specifically to accommodate the general farm, private company, ancestor of customs under the Ancien Régime, which levied on behalf of the king duties and taxes on goods. The building still houses the interregional Customs Directorate of Bordeaux.
This building is part of the large ordered set of the Place de la Bourse, initially "Place Royale", whose construction was launched under the stewardship of Claude Boucher to serve as a backdrop for the equestrian statue of King Louis XV. The design of the facades was entrusted to Jacques Gabriel, the king’s architect, who will begin with the Hôtel des Douanes, built between 1735 and 1738\. After his death in 1742, his son Ange-Jacques Gabriel completed the square with the Palais de la Bourse in the north, built between 1742 and 1749, and which is the symmetrical replica of the Hôtel des Douanes.
In 1984, the Customs institution decided to install the first National Customs