Château de Sceaux, musée départemental - Pavillon de l'Aurore
Domaine départemental de Sceaux 92330 Sceaux
Hauts-de-Seine
Île-de-France
Located in the heart of the former estate of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Minister of Finance under Louis XIV, the Château de Sceaux, a departmental museum, enjoys an exceptional setting. Built under the Second Empire in place of that of Colbert, it houses the museum’s permanent collections and is dedicated to the history of its owners and the Domaine de Sceaux. Precious testimonies of the Great Century, the outbuildings of the Castle - the Aurore pavilion and the Orangerie, built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart -, are part of a park of more than 180 hectares designed by André Le Nôtre. The Old Stables, recently rehabilitated, house a shop, an educational workshop and, generally, the temporary exhibitions. The Aurore Pavilion, a small Italian-inspired building, contains a large dome with an allegorical decoration on the theme of the Aurora, composed by Charles Le Brun in 1672.
Tags
Jardin remarquable, Monument historique, Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir, Espace naturel, parc, jardin, Lieu de culture, spectacles, sports et loisirs
Access
Car or bike: 20 min from the gate of Orleans, RD920 (ex RN20), parking on the esplanade. Bus: lines 192, 197, stop park Sceaux. RER B: Bourg-la-Reine, Sceaux or Parc de Sceaux stations
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