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Located a few kilometres from Chantilly and Senlis, in Creil, the Gallé-Juillet Museum offers a striking insight into the the city's pastthrough the poignant testimony of a family who lived there at the beginning of the last century and the exhibition of several hundred pieces of earthenware,some stamped Creil-Montereau. But not only that...
A journey through time...
We keep in mind the look of these occupants whose period portraits can be seen on the walls of their home.
An immersive museum
At the beginning of the last century,the Gallé-Juillet family, related to the famous painter Ernest Gallélived in a beautiful house on the banks of the Oise river. Their son, Maurice, grew up there, pampered and surrounded by toys, paintings and collectors' items... But History catches up with this beautiful family and mowed down this only child in the prime of his life in 1916, during the battles of the Somme.
Several years later, Mrs. Gallé-Juillet bequeathed her house to the town of Creil, which will turn it into a museum.
The table is set, the beds are made
This is how it is today, you can travel through time,go back to our ancestors’ eraand discover during a guided tour their daily life and their history. The table is set with fancy dishes, the beds are made, the toys are laid out in the room, as if they were waiting for a child to come and release them from their time capsule.
An Escape game
In addition to thevery immersive guided tour, the museum also offers, to immerse yourself even more in the daily life of its occupants, a Thrilling Escape Game about Maurice and his past.
You didn’t suspect that a castle comparing to the Pierrefonds one was once there, on the banks of the Oise river!
A house built on majestic ruins
Did you know thata castle, comparable to the Château de Pierrefonds by its size, had been built in Creil ? It is on its ruins that the House of the Gallé-Juillet family rests. Long forgotten, the castle is now the focus of attentionthanks in particular to recent archaeological excavations that have been carried out.
You can participate in the restoration of the Château de Creil by making a donation to the Fondation du Patrimoine.
Musée Gallé-Juillet - City of Creil
A guided tour and an Explor'Games® game
Every Sunday (excludinge the first Sunday of each month), the guided tour of the room still visible in the Castle allows you, thanks to a 3D visualisation on a tablet, to imagine the scale and breadth of this building.
For the adventure buff,an Explor'Games® mixing History with a capital H and mysteries to solve, allows you to discover the medieval past of the city of Creil.
Also discover an Explor'Games® at the Parc des Loups in Saint-Leu-d'Esserent!
Very beautiful museum to visit with the guide who tells you about the life of the Gallé-Juillet family. Superb collections, including crockery (the Japanese collection is magnificent)
Béatrice G. K. - Facebook page of Gallé-Juillet Museum
A true witness to the industrial past of the city of Creil, a superb collection of earthenware is on display at the Musée Gallé-Juillet.
The earthenware factory, or the glorious past of Creil
Although no remains of the earthenware factory remain in Creil today, earthenware production had a huge impact on the cityas witnessed by Faience-Theatrebuilt on the site of the former factoryor by the Flora,a restaurant named after the famous floral design painted on the earthenware.
This is also reflected in the superb collection of earthenware that you can admire during a visit to the Maison de la Faïence, located just opposite the Maison des Gallé-Juillet. Several hundred are on displayranging from objets d'art to everyday objects and sales items, with different models, according to the fashion of their time. Others, preciously preserved in the museum's collectionsare sometimes exhibited atTemporary exhibitions.
Good to know :
In Creil, the thin earthenware did not remain uniformly white: it received a painted or printed decor and some of them have experienced a great commercial success as the Flora decor (blue flowers and leaves of bindweed, lily of the valley, holly or rose) which was presented at the Paris World Fair in 1855. Or the Rousseau service born from the collaboration of Eugène Rousseau, known for his role in the diffusion of Japonism, and Félix Braquemond, painter and engraver: a highly refined decoration of plant and animal motifs.
The treasure
Right next to this magnificent collection with its many colours and patterns, is the exhibited treasure you’d never suspect.. In the 1970s, a schoolboy makes a strange discovery... excavations followed that unearthed a treasure trove of Gallo-Roman coins, on display in the Tour du trésor (Treasure Tower) of the Maison de la Faïence. This discovery testifies to the importance of the area in Gallo-Roman times.
Take advantage of the numerous activities on offer during the holidays and weekends to discover the Musée Gallé-Juillet with your family or friends!
A rich programme
In addition guided tours of the Musée Gallé-Juillet, numerous events are regularly offered to families, children and adults. Temporary exhibitionssuch as the recently renovated exhibition about the masterpiece The Adoration of the Shepherdsby Laurent de La Hyre, allow you to discover a rarely exhibited part of the collections.
Several Saturdays a year, the Museum invites you to discover and visit the Saint-Médard church in Creil, with its amazing history and architecture.
Take advantage of
Visit the Musée Gallé-Juillet as a group
The Gallé-Juillet Museum also hosts the groupsadults or young people ! Guided tours, workshops for children or adults, the activities are varied!
Good deals and discounts
Free admission on the 1st Sunday of the month,
The Gallé-Juillet museum, like all the Museums of France, is free every 1st Sunday of the month,so don't miss out!
Pass'Agglo
Reserved for the inhabitants of the Agglomération Creil Sud Oise (Cramoisy, Creil, Maysel, Montataire, Nogent-sur-Oise, Rousseloy, Saint-Leu-d'Esserent, Saint-Maximin, Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello, Thiverny and Villers-Saint-Paul), the Pass'Agglo allows you to benefit from advantageous rates for many activities: sport, culture, tourism...
Access
Opening
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Prices
| Adult price guided tour of the Maison Gallé-Juillet | 7 € |
| Other price Reduced rate: students, Pass Agglo (with proof) | 3,75 € |
