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Museum in the Domaine Les Champollion in Vif, housing a permanent exhibition on the life and work of the Champollion brothers.
On the Les Champollion estate in Vif, the museum presents a permanent exhibition on the life and work of the Champollion brothers. Starting with the family world and individual stories, the tour shows the research work that led to the deciphering of the alphabet. From Isère to the banks of the Nile, visitors witness the rediscovery of Egypt and the birth of a new science, Egyptology. A temporary exhibition area extends the visit. A country park and a food garden provide an ideal setting for relaxation and discovery.
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Closed on Mondays, January 1, May 1 and between December 25 and January 1. Open from Tuesday to Sunday. From 1/04 to 31/10 from 10am to 12:30pm and from 1:30pm to 6pm. From 1/11 to 31/03 from 10am to 12:30pm and from 1:30pm to 5pm. Free of charge.
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Discover the exceptional career of the indissociable Champollion brothers: Jean-François, the younger, famous decipherer of Egyptian writings, and Jacques-Joseph, the elder, also a renowned intellectual.
These Dauphinois by adoption brilliantly illustrate the intellectual life of their time. First in Dauphiné, where the intellectual ebullition of Grenoble carried their work, then in Paris where their careers culminated and finally on the shores of ancient Egypt. They worked together to lift the veil on this thousand-year-old civilization, silent for more than fifteen centuries. The first devoting his life to the understanding of the hieroglyphic system and the ancient Egyptians, the second as the unfailing support of his younger brother.
Housed in the mansion of the Champollion estate, the museum's collections make tangible this common passion, its quests and its trials and tribulations. Between reconstructed spaces and thematic rooms, discover a unique family collection of working documents, archives, furniture and personal objects testifying to the exceptional career of the two brothers. A remarkable collection enriched by deposits from regional and national museums, notably the Louvre. The abundance and diversity of the objects on display reflect the rediscovery of Egypt and the wonder that it aroused just two centuries ago.
From Isère to the banks of the Nile, witness the birth of Egyptology through the eyes of its founding fathers.
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Temporary exhibition - Musée Champollion, un chantier déchiffré
From 2022-10-22 at 2023-10-31
On the occasion of the bicentenary of the deciphering of hieroglyphs, the Department of Isère presents an exhibition retracing the major stages of the Champollion Museum construction site, which opened its doors on June 5, 2021 after two years of planning and two and a half years of work.
Visitors discover the behind-the-scenes of a heritage site, from the renovation of the buildings to the creation of a unique permanent exhibition retracing the work of the Champollion brothers and, through them, the birth of Egyptology. Photographs, video testimonies, materials, tools, and sketches accompany the visitors on the steps of the many actors of the building site and the heritage professions.
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