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The museum, created in 1989, is located in an old house in the Saint-Bruno district. It presents the studio fund of the painter Lucien Mainssieux and the collection of works he built up throughout his life, mainly paintings from the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries.
This lovely museum of fine arts is a real gem! Presenting both the works of Lucien Mainssieux, an artist from Voiron, and the paintings he collected from his contemporaries, the four beautiful thematic rooms of this timeless place form a real bubble of escape, conducive to travel and daydreaming, far from the hustle and bustle. The best part: the sensational guided tours by the cultural mediator or the fascinating Laurence Pinzetta! -Justine, travel advisor
Lucien Mainssieux was born in 1885 in Voiron and began a career as a painter in Paris in 1905, after an artistic training with the painters François-Joseph Girot and Jules Flandrin. There he frequented the circles of avant-garde artists (Pablo Picasso, Max Weber, Stravinsky, etc.) where long friendships began (André Dunoyer de Segonzac, Jacqueline Marval, etc.). Lucien Mainssieux's art feeds on all nascent artistic movements, however, without ever really fully adhering to them. He will remain all his life an independent and complete artist, musician and assiduous writer.
A great traveler, he travels everywhere in France, Italy and especially in North Africa, significantly influencing his way of painting. However, he retains a very special attachment to Dauphiné and Voiron, his hometown, where he returns to stay regularly.
When he passed away in 1958, Lucien Mainssieux instituted the city of Voiron as sole legatee of his studio and collection. Thus, the museum keeps more than 1 paintings, 000 drawings, illustrated books, personal objects and all of the painter's archives and personal documents.
This permanent exhibition was not conceived as an end in itself, but as a starting point. A slow rotation of works will regularly allow you to take a fresh look at a collection and a multi-faceted artist, thanks to works in reserve or on loan from other museums.
Find the audio tracks of the audio guides for download.
Further information : Adapted mediation on request: adapted routes and discourse allow all persons with disabilities to discover the museum's collections. On reservation, accompanied by a mediator, you can take advantage of the workshop visit with a dedicated tool.
Tips and Suggestions:
Lulu's workshop one Wednesday per month, holiday workshops, course for school groups, nursery course...
Activities
Customers
- Groups welcome
Costumed
- Average duration of the individual visit: 30 min
- Average duration of the group visit: 60 min
- Groups welcome up to 30 people.
Customers
- Groups welcome
Visit languages
- French
Individual visit services
- Unguided individual tours permanently
- Guided individual tours on request
Group visits services
- Unguided group visits on request
- Guided group tours on request
Opening
- from April to October from Tuesday to Sunday from 14 p.m. to 18 p.m.
- from November to March from Tuesday to Sunday from 14 p.m. to 17 p.m.
Annual closure on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th.
Rates
Full price: €5 (Combined ticket for the 2 museums - MALP and Mainssieux museum)
Reduced price: €2 (children aged 10 to 18, recipients of social minima, students, disabled people, job seekers).
Free for less than 10 years.
Free admission, for all, the 1st Sunday of the month.
For rates for adult and young groups (guided tours) contact us.
Payment method
- Cheque
- Cash
- Bank / credit card
Services
Equipment
- Parking in the area
- Show room
- Elevator
- Toilet
Services
- Educational visits
- Boutique
- Drop off on site for groups
- Permanent animator
- Tourist Documentation
- Tourist information
- Free visits
- Guided tours
Activities on site
- Temporary exhibitions
- Children's entertainment
Accessible tourism
- Wheelchair access requires assistance
- hard coating
- Accessible entrance
- Elevator to standards
- Furniture/Reception desk suitable for wheelchair users
- Accessible table
- WC + grab bar + circulation space
- Magnetic buckle available at reception
- Presence of pictograms and/or simplified visuals of suitable signage (texts/images)
- Presentation of the place accessible to visually impaired people at the reception
- Customer service includes the welcome of people with disabilities.
Public
- Language spoken: English
Home of animals
- Animals accepted: not communicated
Access
Close to the “Place Général Leclerc” stop or the bus station for the Pays Voironnais transport lines, and the SNCF station. Access via line X01 of the Région coach network, “Médiathèque” stop in Voiron.
The museum is located in a pedestrian street behind the Saint-Bruno church.
