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Address Place Champollion, 46100 Figeac, France Hours Closed now Thursday2–5:30PMFriday2–5:30PMSaturday2–5:30PMSunday2–5:30PMMondayClosedTuesday2–5:30PMWednesday2–5:30PM Similar Pech Merle, Padirac Cave, Château d'Assier, Ecomusée de Cuzals, Notre‑Dame du Puy | ||
Le mus e champollion
The Champollion Museum (French: Musée Champollion) is located in Figeac, Lot.
It houses a collection devoted to Figeac's most famous son, Jean-François Champollion.
It was inaugurated 19 December 1986 in the presence of President François Mitterrand and Jean Leclant, secrétaire perpétuel of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. After two years of building work and extension, the museum re-opened in 2007. Besides Champollion's life and discoveries, the museum also recounts the history of writing. The whole façade is covered in pictograms, from the original ideograms of the whole world.
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