Demonstration of everyday gestures and objects in the Upper Palaeolithic
The museum is housed in the listed gardens of the castle, residence of the counts of Toulouse. It occupies the buildings of a convent built around 1870\\. Open to the public since 1985, the museum offers a thematic tour. * La pierre de Beaucaire The book of the Confrérie de Saint-Marc and a sampling of the tools used by the last quarry illustrate the history of the quarries of «pierre de Beaucaire». * La Foire de la Madeleine Posters and prints (17th to 20th century), models, recall the splendour of the famous Beaucaire fair. * Words and colours of the Félibrige Fichus d'indienne, jewellery of Arlésiennes, furniture, manuscripts of local félibres in Provençal dialect, testify to the attachment of the Gard city to Provençal traditions. * An archaeological museum The pre-Roman period is illustrated by the discoveries made in the Gallic necropolis; the importance of the Gallo-Roman city, a road relay on the domitian road, is highlighted by the dedication to Titus Carisius: Praetor
Access
Le musée Auguste Jacquet est situé dans les jardins du château.
Phone
04 66 59 90 07
Address
8 montée du château, 30300 Beaucaire, Gard, Occitanie, France