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Musée Pissarro

The town of Pontoise, just west of Paris, was immortalised forever by Camille Pissarro – and now pays homage to the celebrated Impressionist artist with a dedicated museum.

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Description

Set in the heights of the town of Pontoise, the Pissarro Museum would have delighted the Impressionist master with its exceptional views over the Oise valley. It is the perfect setting to pay homage to a painter who, from 1866 to 1868 then 1872 to 1874, set down his easel here to try to capture the beauty of the landscape.

The Pissarro Museum, which opened in 1980 to tie in with the 150-year anniversary of the artist’s birth, is set in a superb late 19th-century manor house, built on the site of a former Medieval castle. Recently renovated and enlarged, the museum presents an excellent collection of works by Pissarro and his sons, alongside canvases by Pre- and Post-Impressionist landscape painters.

Awakening the senses

In this exquisite setting, you can admire around a hundred etchings and drawings by Pissarro, including his masterful oil painting “Péniche sur la Seine” (Barge on the Seine), painted in 1864. There are also works by Daubigny, Guillaumin, Signac, Hayet, Piette, Cézanne, Caillebotte and Goeneutte.

Before you leave, a stroll around the museum’s Garden of the Five Senses provides a stimulating experience, thanks to its exceptional variety of plants.

Follow in the footsteps of the Impressionists in the Oise Valley with Daubigny and Pissarro.

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Access and contact

17 rue du Château
95300 Pontoise

    Days and opening hours

    Every day throughout the year Opening hours on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 11 am and 12.30 pm and between 1.30 pm and 6 pm. Closed Monday and Tuesday. Closed exceptionally on January 1st, Easter Monday, Feast of the Ascension, Whit Monday, May 1st, May 8th, July 14th, August 15th, November 1st, November 11th and December 25th.

    Prices

    • Full price: 7 € Reduced price: 5.50 € Group children: 0 €.
      Free entry for children < 18 years.

    Facility

    • Public WC
    • Parking nearby

    Services

    • Educational visits
    • Shop

    Activities

    • Temporary exhibition
    • Botanic trail
    • Permanent exhibition

    Tour

    Spoken languages

    • English
    • French

    Guided tour languages

    • German
    • English
    • French

    Documentation languages (home)

    • French

    Bulletin board languages

    • German
    • English
    • French

    Single services tour

    • Unguided individual tours available permanently
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    Accessibility

    • Not accessible in a wheelchair

    17 rue du Château
    95300 Pontoise

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