The Paul Valéry Museum in Sète

High on the slopes of Mont Saint Clair, looking out over the Maritime Cemetery and the Mediterranean Sea.

Paul Valéry Museum - Sète, France

The Paul Valéry Museum in Sète is housed in a contemporary building designed by the architect, Guy Guillaume. It was inaugurated in November 1970 but has been recently refurbished to enlarge the public viewing galleries and to introduce a refreshed presentation of the collections.

The Paul Valéry Museum holds more than 4000 pieces of work including artcollections from the 19^th century (Cabanel, Courbet, Marquet, Jongkind, etc.) to the present day (Desnoyer, Dezeuze, Combas, Di Rosa, etc.). There is also an image bank containing more than a thousand works of art from the likes of Doré, Degas, Cézanne, Matisse and Dubout, a collection of the work of Paul Valéry and a collection of popular art and traditions, including jousting battles and model replicas of boats.

Each year, the museum holds 3 to 4 exhibitions as well as different events in the grounds such as conferences, literary festivals, concerts and poetry recitals.

More information :
Musée Paul Valéry
Rue François Desnoyer
34200 Sète
Tél : 33 (0)4 99 04 76 16
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