Musée René-Baubérot

About

The René-Baubérot Museum of Arts and Folk Traditions, has been run by the municipality of Châteauponsac (Haute-Vienne) since November 2024. It was previously managed by the association law of 1901 Notre Terroir. With the name Musée de France, he occupies a former priory located in Place Saint Thyrse.

The museum was created in 1944 by René Baubérot (1903-1976), professor of history passionate about archaeology. We owe him the foundation of Notre Terroir, then the museum in 1944; from 1963 to 1976. In 1946, René Baubérot undertook excavations at La Bussière Étable on the site of an important Gallo-Roman villa where he discovered a tank grave whose furniture would be purchased by the Musée d'archéologie nationale de Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

Other elements discovered at Bussière Stable will be the museum's first fonds: a special hall dedicated to them. You can see beautiful vases and cinematic ballot boxes. Paul Schweitzer (1907-1984) also played a role in the reorganization of the museum from 1973 to 1982, creating the ethnographic sections of the museum, opening 17 rooms to the public in the space of ten years.

The museum...