Musée Gassendi
Musée Gassendi is open to visitors both on and off-site. In the 17th-century building, the diversity of the art and science collections reflects the region’s natural and heritage treasures, alongside works by Mark Dion, Joan Foncuberta, Andy Goldsworthy... In the mountains, the Contemporary Art Collection can be explored on foot within the Unesco Geopark of Haute-Provence.
Ambulo, the Digne-les-Bains art and museum centre - a contemporary art centre of national interest, brings together the Musée Gassendi, the Maison Alexandra David-Neel and the Cairn Foyer d'art contemporain.
Musée Gassendi is open to visitors both on and off-site. In the 17th-century building, the diversity of the art and science collections reflects the region’s natural and heritage treasures, alongside works by Mark Dion, Joan Foncuberta, Andy Goldsworthy... In the mountains, the Contemporary Art Collection can be explored on foot within the Unesco Geopark of Haute-Provence.
Ambulo, the Digne-les-Bains art and museum centre - a contemporary art centre of national interest, brings together the Musée Gassendi, the Maison Alexandra David-Neel and the Cairn Foyer d'art contemporain.
Programme
Veit Stratmann, The Floor of Gassendi
Since 2024, the artist Veit Stratmann has been undertaking a residency at the Cairn, a centre for contemporary art. This residency is part of a broader programme developed within the Musée Gassendi, aimed at renewing the visitor experience of this institution located in the very heart of the city. Art has made its way into the museum’s iconic science room. The Gassendi Floor, a reference to the tutelary figure after whom the museum is named, creates a dialogue with the museum space—one in which visitors are invited to take part."
Telling the climate, 1st season
The exhibition offers a renewed perspective on the Musée Gassendi’s 19th-century collection of Provençal landscape painters in the light of climate change.
Access
Musée Gassendi
64, bd Gassendi
04000 Digne-les-Bains
+33 (0)4 92 31 45 29
musee-gassendi.org
Wednesday to Monday: 10am – 6pm.
For guided tours and workshops: mediation.gassendi@ambulo.fr.
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PLACES TO DISCOVER
• Jardin des Cordeliers : ecological and landscaped park in downtown.
• Dalle aux ammonites : a natural site with numerous fossilised ammonites dating from 200 million years.
• Plan d’eau des Ferréols : offering many fun activities.
• Unesco Géoparc de Haute-Provence : including parks, trails, gardens and contemporary artworks.
PLACES TO EAT
• Nusa : vegetarian restaurant, tea and well-being room.
• Météora : greek restaurant.
• Le p’tit thaï : thai restaurant.
• Chez Tonton Pepino : pizzeria and bar.
PLACES TO STAY
• Ce nid d’aigle : guest houses in the mountain.
• Hôtel Villa Gaïa : charming hotel in a family house.
