Château de Blérancourt: a museum dedicated to relations between France and the United States

Highlights

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The entrance ticket for the French-American museum Châtau de Blérancourt is included in your City Pass
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Following an extensive extension and renovation, the most important events of the Franco-American friendship are presented here
The new extension allows the permanent collections to be organised around three key themes: the Ideals of the Enlightenment at the origin of the first alliances between the two nations, the Ordeals during which France and America fought side-by-side, and the Arts, a subject of many transatlantic exchanges
Also visit the beautiful garden

A museum about the special connection between two countries

What awaits you on site

The shared ideals of freedom and democracy, born in the 18th century philosophy of the Enlightenment, are the basis not only of the American Declaration of Independence but also of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen adopted by the French Revolution.

Many American artists chose to study in France during the 19th and early 20th centuries. These artists embraced the artistic language in vogue in their adopted country, notably realism and impressionism, which have a prominent place in the museum. French artists went to America to discover its gigantic cities and magnificent landscapes.

Anne Morgan, daughter of the American banker John Pierpont Morgan, settled in Blérancourt in 1917 to help the civilian population there. After buying the estate in 1919, she restored it and transformed the norther pavilion, built in the 17th century, into a guest house which can now be visited.

How to get there

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Address:
Place du Général Leclerc, 02300 Blérancourt, Aisne, France

Good to know

Opening hours
Mondays and Wednesdays to Sundays
Castle: 10.00 am to 12.30 pm and 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm (last admission 11.45 am and 5.15 pm)
Garden: 8.00 to 19.00 pm

Tuesdays Closed
Recurring closures:
1 January, 1 May, 25 December

The entrance ticket for the French-American museum Châtau de Blérancourt is included in your City Pass