MUSÉE PAUL PASTRE- CHATEAU DE MARSILLARGUES
3, boulevard Gabriel Péri 34590 MARSILLARGUES
The Paul Pastre Museum of Arts and Traditions, located within the grounds of the Château de Marsillargues, displays objects related to wine-growing, domestic activities, the past of the château, old clothes...
It also retraces the lives of people who have left their mark on history and come from the village such as :
Antoine Mourgue (minister of Louis XVI)
Fernand Janin (Grand Prix de Rome, dra
The Musée Paul Pastre showcases art and popular traditions. It has four rooms and two corridors, with each room dedicated to one or two themes. Here you will find Camargue traditions; viticulture and cooperative cellars; professions from bygone days (saddler, cooper, clog maker, etc.); a room set aside in the château for frames, sedan chairs, Gallo-Roman altars, etc.); miscellaneous objects (headdresses, clothing, coins, old tools, domestic objects, etc.); paintings by the artist Fernand Janin (Grand Prix de Rome recipient); and bibliographies of people that have made their mark on local history.