Musée des Bastides - Centre d'Interprétation

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The Bastide Museum is dedicated to the “new-style” fortified towns which sprung up all over the south-west of France in the Middle Ages. The museum displays different panels explaining how bastides came about, as well as scale-models, audio and video guides, and educational tools for children. The museum also offers guided tours for school groups.
In Monflanquin, one of the most beautiful bastides in the South-West, discover above the tourist office the Espace Bastides, a Heritage Interpretation Centre devoted to the phenomenon of the new towns of the Middle Ages which appeared in the South-West of France between the 13th and 14th centuries.

Explanatory panels, models, teaching aids and a fun trail for families will enable you to discover the modernity of these new cities with their chequered plans, equipped with a charter of customs initiating a different organisation of medieval society.
For groups, a guided tour of the museum can be arranged by reservation.
The Museum also offers an Escape Game on the theme of the bastide of Monflanquin, available all year round by reservation.

Opening time

- Open from January to March and from November to December by prior arrangement for groups.
- In April, May, June, September (until 28/09) and October: open Wednesday to Saturday, 9.30am to 12.30pm and 2pm to 5pm (except bank holidays), except if Escape Game le 13ème Jeu is in progress.
- In July and August: open every day, from 9.30am to 1pm and from 2pm to 6pm, except when Escape Game le 13ème Jeu is in progress.

- Open all year round for groups, by reservation.
- Exceptional free opening on the weekend of the European Heritage Days and for the Fête de la Saint-André in Monflanquin (1st Monday in December and the weekend before).

Services, equipments and comforts

Pram-friendly Picnic area Room to eat own food Shop Wifi

Spoken languages

French - English

Means of payment

Payment cards - Cheques and postal orders - Chèques Vacances - Cash

Prices

Full price: €4 per adult.
Reduced rate: 1.50 for children aged 12 to 18, students and jobseekers with supporting documents.
Free for children under 12.
Groups of 12 or more: €3 per adult.

45 Minutes

Practical informations

  • Place des Arcades
  • 47150 MONFLANQUIN