Villèle museum – History of the estate and of slavery

Domaine Panon-Desbassyns
97435 Saint-Gilles-les-Hauts
Tel: 0262 55 64 10 Fax: 0262 55 51 91
E-mail: musee.villele@cg974.fr

Research:

Research on the collections: Laetitia Espanol - laetitia.espanol@cg97.fr
Research carried out at the resource centre on appointment with Michelle Galmar - michelle.galmar@ccg974.fr

Regular opening hours:

Tuesdays to Sundays 9.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 5.30pm
Closed on Mondays
Closed 1^st May / 1^st January / 25^th December

Tour itinerary

Entrance fees:

- Standard fee: 2€
- Reduced rate: 1€ - over 60s and groups of 10
- Free of charge: School groups, first Sunday of each month, under 18’s, CMU (health care beneficiaries), members of ICOM, OCIM or UNESCO, reporter.

Guided tours:

Tours in Creole every first Sunday of the month.

- All audiences: registration for tour groups at the site reception:
Usual rotations: 10am, 10.30am, 11.30am, 2.30pm, 3.30pm, 4.30pm
Restricted tours (one guide only): 10am, 11.30am, 2.30pm, 4pm
- Tourist groups by appointment on 0262 55 64 10
- Visits for school groups and extracurricular activities by appointment with the education department on 0262 55 64 10
- Disabled adults (people with disabilities, people with social and professional difficulties, etc.): Wednesdays and Thursdays by appointment with Nadia Dutreuil, nadia.dutreuil@cg974.fr

Self-guided tours:

Temporary exhibitions, gardens, kitchen, slave hospital and pointed chapel.