CHATEAU-MUSEE DE GIEN. CHASSE, HISTOIRE ET NATURE EN VAL DE LOIRE
Monument
The château was built at the end of the 15th century by Anne de Beaujeu, eldest daughter of Louis XI and regent of France, on the site of a medieval fortress where Joan of Arc may have stayed. The architecture of the Château de Gien is characteristic of the beginning of the French Renaissance. Unfortunately, the interior was treated badly due to its various uses (sub-prefecture, court of law, prison).
Museum
A descendant of a keen hunter and a falconry enthusiast herself, a place to practise hunting was required by the countess, Anne de Beaujeu, eldest daughter of Louis XI. She also had the royal château built, in a strategic location between the region of Sologne, rich with game, and the forest of Orléans. With its towers and turrets forming bold silhouettes, and its polychrome brick and stone architecture, the structure foreshadowed the French Renaissance. Changing from administrative building to prison in turn, the Château de Gien became the International Museum of Hunting in 1952 and remains so to this day. With approximately 10,000 objects and works of art, the collection retraces the history of hunting and the development of techniques.
Sunday from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 13:30 to 17:30
Monday from 13:30 to 17:30
Wednesday from 13:30 to 17:30
Thursday from 13:30 to 17:30
Friday from 13:30 to 17:30
Saturday from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 13:30 to 17:30
Days closedTuesday
- English
- French
- German
- English
- French
- German
- Palace
- Listed or registered
- Medieval
- Renaissance
- Decorative arts
- Environment and nature
- Fine arts
- Folk art and traditions
- History
- Hunting
- Musées de France
Child rate Tarif enfant musée at € 6
Discount rate at € 5
Full adult price at € 10
Full adult price Tarif adulte musée at € 8
- Bank card
- Cash
- Holiday vouchers
- Postal or bank cheques
- Visa
- Continuous unaccompanied
- Guided visits on request
- Average duration: 1h30
- Visit: French, English, German, Spanish
- Film projection room
- Meeting room
- Parking
- Interactive point
- Shop
- Activities
- Junior workshop
- Temporary exhibitions
- Motorway 14 km
- Road (national / departmental) 0 km
- Road (national / departmental) 7 km
- Railway station 1 km
- Groups welcome (from 15 to 25 people)
- Left luggage
- Pets not allowed
- Rental space
CHATEAU-MUSEE DE GIEN. CHASSE, HISTOIRE ET NATURE EN VAL DE LOIRE







