Musée de la Grenouillère
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Description
The floating, open-air café La Grenouillère opened in 1858 at Croissy-sur-Seine, just west of Paris. By the end of the 19th century, it had become an unmissable stop for artists, who flocked to the river banks in search of fun and inspiration. They included some of the greatest names of the era. It was in this lively guinguette that art history was made when Monet and Renoir painted together in 1869, creating five exceptional Impressionist masterpieces.
The spirit of this mythic guinguette, which no longer exists, is kept alive thanks to the Musée de la Grenouillère’s collection. The museum, which opened in 1998 in the magnificent Château de Croissy, plunges visitors back to the joyful atmosphere of life along the Seine at the time.
The festive spirit of the Belle Epoque
At the museum, rediscover the spirit of the golden era of the guinguettes. Highlights include engravings by Crafty, Pelcoq, Lafosse, Robida, Grévin, Steinlen, as well as superb works by lesser-known artists, including Clary-Baroux, Heilbuth, Marius-Eraud, Maincent and Morlon. There are also, of course, copies of Monet and Renoir’s famous canvases, which immortalize forever the Grenouillère’s vibrant spirit.
Rich displays shed light on the life and practices of the era, while a varied program of temporary exhibitions completes your journey back to another time. For an invigorating finish, why not end your visit with a walk around the château’s fabulous park or along the riverbanks that were once home to La Grenouillère?
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Community facilities
Access and contact
Days and opening hours
All year round, every Saturday and Sunday between 2.30 pm and 6 pm.
On demand.
Prices
- Adult: from 5 € Reduced rate: from € 3
Guided group tour: - 150 € / group + 3 € entrance fee / person.
Facility
- Lift
- Toilets
- Defibrillator
- Parking
Services
- Educational visits
- Guided tours
Activities
- Temporary exhibition
Tour
Spoken languages
- French
Guided tour languages
- English
- French
- Italian
Single services tour
- Unguided individual tours available permanently
- Guided individual tours on request
Accessibility
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- Physical disability
- Deaf / Hard of Hearing
- Visual impairment
- Mental / Cognitive
- Family
- Senior
Access
Pratical informations
- access to the establishment: graspable outside call button
- floor-level pathways
- pathways that change levels are offset by a sloping surface
- adapted access control to the car park
- reserved and adapted parking space located close to the entrance of the site
- parking spaces laid out and connected to the road or building by an accessible pathway
- reception desk easily identifiable and accessible
- free admission for one accompanying person
- free admission on presentation of proof of entitlement
- the accessible entrance is the main entrance
- the accessible entrance is the secondary entrance (indicated)
- staff informed or trained
- specific tariff policy
- revolving entrance door
- automatic entrance door
- manual entrance door
- accessible information plates
- all documentation graspable
- performance room with a reserved space
- accessible cloakroom
- multimedia content access system
- spaces equipped with reserved spaces and adapted to people in wheelchairs
- floor-level establishment
- wheelchair loan
- seated area available
- seated areas available (several spread out across the entire site)
- présence d’un lave main dans les sanitaires adaptés
- accessible communal toilets
- toilets: transfer direction onto the toilet seat to the right
- toilets: transfer direction onto the toilet seat to the left
- Communal staircase adapted for secure movement
- adapted elevator
- elevator
- acceo: instant speech transcription and visio-interpretation in French sign language (LSF)
- reception/information desk equipped with a hearing assistance system with a magnetic loop
- reservation/contact via SMS and/or email
- reservation possible by webcam
- staff trained in French sign language (LSF)
- uniform signage to help people find their way around
- text/image signage
- performance or tour assistance aids
- visual alarm with flashing light in isolated spaces
- intercom equipped with a hearing assistance system with a magnetic loop
- audiovisuals are in French sign language (LSF)
- subtitled audiovisuals
- visioguide with overlay in French sign language (LSF)
- subtitled visioguide
- adapted elevator
- audioguides equipped with a volume control device
- audioguides equipped with induction loops
- independent visit possible
- guided tour in French sign language (LSF)
- guided tour in international sign language (ISL)
- guided tours with lip reading
- guided tours with an amplifying device
- guided tours with a magnetic loop device
- exterior pathways identifiable by touch
- exterior pathways visually identifiable
- exterior lighting control system in communal areas
- interior pathways identifiable by touch
- interior pathways visually identifiable
- audioguide with description elements
- audioguide with guidance elements
- Braille documentation
- documentation in enlarged characters
- swell paper documentation
- floor-level establishment
- offset or no obstacles at face height
- navigation assistance tool (e.g. map/model - in relief/large characters/contrasting colours)
- possibility to control the lighting
- magnifying glass loan
- glass surfaces identifiable via contrasted elements in relation to the immediate surroundings
- audiodescription system
- elevator with audio announcements for each floor
- elevator with identifiable call buttons
- Legible information plates
- specific accessible information plates
- tactile tour
- the dangers identified have been addressed
- brochures/documentations classified by topic
- simplified adapted documentation (illustration through images, photos, drawings)
- adapted signage
- adapted activities
- educational workshops
- adapted room cards
- specific tours
- floor-level pathways
- adapted opening hours (morning performances)
- children's programme
- childcare service
- family tariffs/free admission for children
- secure and closed establishment
- large lockers or left luggage lockers for pushchairs
- possibility to leave pushchairs at the cloakroom
- floor-level establishment
- baby carrier loan
- pushchair loan
- toilet facilities suitable for children (toilet seat and washbasin height)
- changing table
- children's/family applications for the tour
- audioguides with a children's circuit
- children's visit booklets/games
- pushchairs accepted for the tour
- visioguides with a children's circuit
- floor-level pathways
- Pathways that change levels are offset by a sloping surface
- pets accepted on site and during guided tours
- reception desk easily identifiable and accessible
- reception/information desk equipped with a sound amplification system
- free admission for persons aged over 60
- Offer adapted to seniors
- cloakroom
- documentation in enlarged characters
- floor-level establishment
- wheelchair loan
- magnifying glass loan
- cane wheelchair loan
- seated areas available (several spread out across the entire site)
- horizontal support rail
- diagonal support rail to enable the seated person to raise themselves up easily
- communal staircase adapted for secure movement
- private staircase adapted for secure movement
- stairs compensated for by a lift or an elevator
- audioguides equipped with a volume control device
- audioguides equipped with induction loops
- Legible information plates
- Specific accessible information plates (large characters)
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