Pre-2020 Parcours des Mondes
If enough members are interested in viewing the Oceanic Art collections from early French navigators and collectors, the Oceanic Art Society, under the direction of Pierre Laffont, proposes to organize a tour in the South West of France in the 4 days preceding the opening of the September 2020 Parcours des Mondes in Paris. Please register your interest before 31 January 2020 on the OAS website or with [email protected]
Detailed program
3.5 days/ 3 nights trip. This tour is tailored for OAS members going to Parcours des Mondes 2020 in Paris and interested in discovering Oceanic Art collections beyond those in Paris. Parcours des Mondes is assumed to start on Tuesday evening 8 September.
This tour is focused on Oceanic Art in South West France’s regional museums. There will be hardly any time to visit the cities and towns which host these collections, beyond the collections themselves.
Preliminary budget estimate: 800 Euros for one person, 1200 Euro for 2 people sharing the same room (Costing to be refined depending on actual cost and number of people at the time). OAS will organise the booking of the hotels and of the chauffeured minibus, but each participant will be responsible for the payment of his/her own expenses or share of them.
Arrival in Toulouse at own leisure, but at the latest on Friday 4th September before 12pm
Friday 4 September: Toulouse
- Start of Tour at 12.30pm by lunch in Toulouse
- Visit Museum de Toulouse between 3pm and 6pm: one of the largest collections of Oceanic Art in France after Musee du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac, though limited display in one room, albeit extremely large. https://www.museum.toulouse.fr/histoire-du-museum
- Late Afternoon: Travel Toulouse – Estipouy (distance 100km, travel time 1.5h)
- Visit Pierre’s collection (10 minutes) and dinner at Pierre’s in Estipouy. Night in Estipouy
Saturday 5 September: Bordeaux and Rocherfort
- Morning : Departure 7.30am. Travel Estipouy – Bordeaux (distance 220km, travel time 2.5 h)
- Visit Musee d’Acquitaine 10 to 12am http://www.musee-aquitaine-bordeaux.fr/en
- Lunch in Bordeaux. Travel Bordeaux-Rochefort (distance 160km, travel time 2 h)
- Visit Musee d’Hebre 4 to 6pm https://www.ville-rochefort.fr/hebre-musee-et-patrimoine-0
- Dinner and night in Rochefort
Sunday 6 September: Rochefort and La Rochelle
- Free morning in Rochefort. Travel Rochefort – La Rochelle (distance 30km, travel time 0.5 h)
- Lunch in La Rochelle. Visit Musee d’Histoire Naturelle de La Rochelle 2 to 4pm
https://museum.larochelle.fr/preparer-la-visite/05-troisieme-etage - Free late afternoon in La Rochelle. Dinner and night in La Rochelle
Monday 7 September: Issoudin
- Morning departure 8.30am. Travel La Rochelle – Issoudin (distance 300km, travel time 3.5h)
- Lunch in Issoudin. Visit Musee Saint Roch 2 to 4pm
https://www.museeissoudun.tv/collection-oceanienne.html - Travel Issoudin – Paris (distance 250km, travel time 3.5h)
- Arrival Paris around 8pm. End of the Tour.
- Two examples of some of the pieces we will see (the Vanuatu one in Bordeaux, the Eastern Island one in La Rochelle):