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The Augustins
fine arts museum
21 rue de Metz - 31000 TOULOUSE
Location : Centre Esquirol
Access : M° Esquirol
Tel : 05 61 22 21 82 - Fax : 05 61 22 34 69
E mail : augustins@mairie-toulouse.fr
Web site : www.augustins.org
Paintings and sculptures from the early Christian era up to early XXth century.
Housed since 1793 in the Augustinian monastery building, it offers the visitor the chance to stroll in one of the finest groups of monastic buildings from the XIVth and XVth centuries. With a collection of exhibits unique in the field of Romanesque sculptures, the museum also houses masterpieces of Southern Gothic as well as a fine selection of Renaissance and classical works from Toulouse by Bachelier, Arcis Lucas, Maillol, Rodin and Camille Claudel.
Painting is well represented with a fine Italian collection including works by Perugino, Guido, Crespi, Guardi and others. French painting from the XVIIth to the XIXth centuries is represented by Champaigne, Moillon, Largillière, Vigié-Lebrun, Ingres, Delacroix, Corot and Courbet, as well as canvasses of early modern art: Monet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Vuillard and Manguin.
A representative selection of paintings from the Golden Ages of painting in Toulouse rounds off the tour, with works by Chalette, Tournier, Jean-Pierre and Antoine Rivalz, Jean and François de Troy, Roques, Jean-Paul Laurent and Henri Martin.
Housed since 1793 in the Augustinian monastery building, it offers the visitor the chance to stroll in one of the finest groups of monastic buildings from the XIVth and XVth centuries. With a collection of exhibits unique in the field of Romanesque sculptures, the museum also houses masterpieces of Southern Gothic as well as a fine selection of Renaissance and classical works from Toulouse by Bachelier, Arcis Lucas, Maillol, Rodin and Camille Claudel.
Painting is well represented with a fine Italian collection including works by Perugino, Guido, Crespi, Guardi and others. French painting from the XVIIth to the XIXth centuries is represented by Champaigne, Moillon, Largillière, Vigié-Lebrun, Ingres, Delacroix, Corot and Courbet, as well as canvasses of early modern art: Monet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Vuillard and Manguin.
A representative selection of paintings from the Golden Ages of painting in Toulouse rounds off the tour, with works by Chalette, Tournier, Jean-Pierre and Antoine Rivalz, Jean and François de Troy, Roques, Jean-Paul Laurent and Henri Martin.
Opening TimesEvery day from 10.00 to 18.00, late opening on Wednesdays till 21.00.
Wednesday 24 and December 31, the museum will close its doors at 17.00.
Wednesday 24 and December 31, the museum will close its doors at 17.00.
Closed25th December, 1st January and 1st May.
Entry3 €.
Free the first Sunday of the month.
Free the first Sunday of the month.
Passeport 3 museums 6 €.
Passeport 6 museums 9 €.
Passeport 6 museums 9 €.
> Evening opening on Wednesdays and organ concert
Take advantage of the peaceful evenings to stroll through the illuminated Gothic cloisters and discover or revisit the museum's masterpieces. Organ concert at 8.00 pm: every Wednesday there will be a half-hour organ concert in the church, using the Baroque-style organ built by Jürgen Ahrend in 1981. The concert is free on presentation of the museum entry ticket.
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Toulouse Tourist Office BP 38001 - 31080 Toulouse Cedex 6 - Tel : 05 61 11 02 22 - Fax : 05 61 23 74 97 - Mail : infos@ot-toulouse.fr