5

Michael Bukva

5 months ago

"Eclectic" is a good word for this collection of collections. You'll definitely find something interesting and surprising in here.

4

Solo Siri

6 months ago

Nice little museum. Great collection of clocks and watches. Nice collection of assorted item's.

4

Peter Stephens

a year ago

Fascinating collections of watches, clocks, projectors, and much more, including an entire wall from an old Jesuit apothecary shop. It is an intriguing place to pass an hour or two, and find how the whole notion of time has evolved, how images were first brought to life, and what Napoleon sat on when he came to Toulouse. Staff were friendly and helpful. Well worth a visit.

5

Rivka Spicer

a year ago

This is a fabulous little museum with well thought out exhibits and a truly impressive collection. Not necessarily wheelchair friendly as the two sub-basements are only accessible by staircase, but it's a 15th-century building, so I think they can be forgiven for that. We had deliberately planned to go to the museum at a time we could attend one of the spotlight talks, because the piece interested us. I'm so glad we did. The docent was interesting, engaging, articulate and funny. She also stayed well beyond the allotted half hour, answering questions about other exhibits on display. If you can time your visit to coincide with one of these talks (and speak French) I whole-heartedly recommend it. The concept is basically a 30 minute in-depth dive on one specific piece in the collection (in our case a Mucha reproduction in pyrogravure). It's completely free, so there are no extra charges over and above the price of the entry ticket, and we genuinely found her fascinating. The museum itself wasn't that expensive, considering the quality of the exhibits and how they were laid out. If we were to have one complaint it was that in some places, especially the faïence room, the pieces were unlabelled and displayed out of chronological order, so without the accompanying documents, you had no idea what you were looking at. That said, the documents were well explained and we did read most of them on our trip around the museum. The docent that did the talk openly advocated for visitors to come a few times a year - apparently several exhibits are switched out every 6 - 12 weeks and the temporary exhibit changes from time to time. With an annual subscription to both the permanent and temporary exhibits costing only €20, it seems silly not to subscribe! For reference, a single pass to both exhibits costs €8 per person, so you'd only have to go 3 times a year to have saved money. Definitely worth it in my opinion. Honestly a delightful little find, with a collection far exceeding what we expected. "Precious and fine arts" doesn't really give you a flavour of what's on display. Some of the more poignant pieces we saw were a set of hand-carved wooden spoons from the trenches of world war one. Ende art? No. Precious materials? No. But valuable and worth viewing for their place in history? Absolutely! I also loved the immersive experience in the feather exhibit, where you can walk into one of the pieces of art and sway or dance to make music. It was definitely an otherworldly vibe. Would definitely recommend.

5

Bruno Agar

a year ago

The Museum of Precious Arts in Toulouse reopened in Nov. 2022. Extremely enjoyable visit, I loved it! The XIVth century altar tapestry alone would be worth the visit! Beautiful moment!