Musée des Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

« Visiteurs, songez que, du haut de ce clocher, trente siècles vous contemplent »
Permettez-moi d’emprunter ici les mots célèbres de Napoléon Ier pour rappeler la richesse historique et ethnographique de ces terres sauvages et de ce littoral de Camargue, très tôt fréquentés par les navigateurs. Jusque-là, la Camargue dans son ensemble était surtout appréhendée comme un territoire rude et quasi désert, lié à une histoire provençale et languedocienne relativement récente. Mais depuis ces dernières décennies, grâce à de nombreuses campagnes de fouilles archéologiques sous-marines, son horizon historique et ancestral s’est élargi à la plus haute Antiquité. On découvre ainsi les navires étrusques, grecs, massaliètes, normands, puis sarrasins et autres encore. La volonté de la municipalité de remettre en valeur ses riches collections ethnographiques, classées aujourd’hui Musée de France, ainsi que son patrimoine maritime le plus reculé, a entrainé l’édification d’une nouvelle structure qui va ouvrir au public à partir du 1er Juillet 2022. Le musée des Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer présente au public, dans une scénographie innovante, un parcours chronologique consacré au passé maritime de ce littoral à partir du 7ème s. av. J-C., ponctué par les anciennes collections ethnographiques du Musée Baroncelli. Une nouvelle offre culturelle qui complète la déjà riche offre touristique du village.

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Musée des Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer 6 Avenue Théodore Aubanel
13460 Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

Means of communication

  • Telephone : 04 65 07 66 26
  • e-mail : accueil-museal@lessaintesmaries.fr
  • Website : https://www.museedessaintesmariesdelamer.fr

Topics

  • Local tradition
  • Arts and culture
  • History
  • Maritime history

Categories

  • Municipal museum

Open

All year round, daily.

Rates

Full price: 7 €
Child: 4 €
Student: 4 €.

Free entry for Job-seeker, residents, disabled people.

Spoken languages

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