museum / ecomuseum | MONTPELLIER
The Fabre museum is an astounding work of art, an innovative combination of classic and contemporary architecture. It offers over 800 works, 900 engravings and 3.500 drawings in its 9,200 m2 exhibit area.
It is one of the biggest museums in France. It holds Flemish, Dutch, Italian, Spanish and French collections, painters of the great European schools of the 16th to the 18th centuries (Zurbaran, Reynolds, Tenier, Veronese...) and of the French schools (Greuze, Ingres, Delacroix, Courbet, Bazille...), ceramics and sculptures, contemporary paintings...
Since 2010, the Cabrières-Sabatier d'Espeyran's mansion from the 19th century hosts the new Decorative Arts Department of the Montpellier's Fabre Museum - a historic residence that gives visitors a chance to discover the lifestyle of 18th and 19th century bourgeois and aristocratic society. Having entirely preserved the furnishings and decorations of these apartments, the mansion offers the only collection of its kind in any French decorative arts museum.
Montpellier - Petite Camargue
Fax : +33 (0)4 67 66 09 20
39, boulevard Bonne Nouvelle
34000 MONTPELLIER
Annual closing :
Closed on Mondays all year round, 1 January, 1 May, 11 November, 25 December
Location : In the town centre, Montpellier - Petite Camargue
Languages spoken : 
Documents in english : brochure / flyer, website
Prices
Groupes : min. 10 pers.
max. 25 pers.
Prices :
- Non-guided visit (group price) : adults from 5 €groups from 100 €
- Guided visit (group price) : adults from 8 €groups from 200 €
Facilities / services
Facilities :
- Restaurant
- Shop/Library
- Lift for disabled people
- Cloakroom
- Auditorium
- Reception areas
Services :
300m2 is entirely dedicated to cultural meditation. Designed as a modular stage,
artistic (painting, modelling...) workshops can be arranged by appointment, as well as
multimedia workshops to explore the links between the latest technologies and art (digital images, photographic creation and re-working). The objective is to raise awareness of art in all its forms and to make the museum a place of finding and exchanging ideas.
Activities / products
average length of time : 1:30 hour
Activities :
Permanent collections:
- Free visit without any guide: 5€ / person from 10 to 25 people
- Guided visit with an outside guide: 5€ / person + 25€ speaking right from 10 to 25 people
- Guided visit with a guide of the museum: 200€ for a group of up to 25 people
Temporary collections in summer: 8€ / person + 25€ audiophone rental + 25€ speaking right
Temporary collections in winter: 6€ / person + 25€ audiophone rental + 25€ speaking right
Visit of the Cabrières-Sabatier d'Espeyran's mansion:
- Guided visit with an outside guide: 5€ / person + 25€ audiophone rental + 25€ speaking right
- Guided visit with a guide of the museum: 200€ for a group of up to 20 people
Group contact : Amélie Belin - 33 (0)4 67 14 83 16
Products :
- Guided visits and conferences all year long for all in English, Italian, Spanish, German and Polish (on request)