Louis Vouland Museum, Avignon's only museum of decorative arts

Museums & Monuments included in the Pass

€8.00 Free with the Pass!

Come and discover this little Avignon jewel !

This private mansion, former home of the collector Louis Vouland (Noves 1883 - Avignon 1973), is part of a district built up at the end of the 19th century to the west of Avignon intramuros, near the Rhône, on the site of the former Dominican convent or "Frères Prêcheurs" convent.

 

  • Average length of visit: 1h00
  • Entrance to the museum possible until 5:30pm
  • Visual bag checks may be required under the Vigipirate plan. 
  • Checkroom
  •  Backpacks and bulky bags must be deposited in locked lockers (regular rotation and disinfection). 
  • Luggage is refused (in accordance with the Vigipirate plan)

Horaires d'ouverture

Every day except Monday
Open from 2pm to 6pm except on 24 and 31 December from 2pm to 4.30pm and from 21 June to 22 September: 1pm to 6pm
Closed Mondays, 01/05 and 25/12 

Access conditions

  • Access by bike

    Accueil Vélo brand

    • Bikes with panniers are welcome in the garden 
    • Bicycle racks at the entrance to the public area and in the enclosed garden (access on the south side, rue d'Annanelle, on request).
    • Pop' Porte de l'oulle bike station + 5-minute walk

  • Access by bus

    • Bus stop Porte de l'Oulle
    • Bus station + 15 minutes' walk

  • Accès voiture

    • Parking de l'Oratoire + 5-minute walk
    • Free Ile Piot parking lot + shuttle bus + 5-minute walk

  • Access by train

    Avignon-centre SNCF train station + 15-minute walk

Exhibition Resurgence JI Dahai /JC MEFFRE Carte blanche to trace de poète

From 14 February to 20 September 2026

Free

Summer and winter alike, a blanket of white persists at the summit of Mont Ventoux. This giant is our Provençal Mount Fuji. At its feet, countless springs flow silently, emerging here and there.
Some are well known: Fontaine de Vaucluse and the Groseau spring.
Joël-Claude Meffre, poet and archaeologist, and Ji Dahai, painter and calligrapher, visited around twenty of them in a year. Ji Dahai sketched each of these springs in his notebooks, using ink and brush, capturing them as he saw them. Joël-Claude Meffre searched the sources of his words for the words that would be heard. It was in Brantes, after the last visit, that the word “resurgence” emerged as the key.

Musée Louis Vouland
17, Rue Victor Hugo
84000 Avignon
France

Exhibition: ‘Time Lasts a Long Time’

From 28 July to 31 December 2026

Free

In 2026 and 2027, the Vouland Museum is focusing on Martel: it is showcasing the painter Eugène Martel (1869–1947).

This second half of the year, scenes of daily life in the village of Resvest-du-Bion, portraits and landscapes by Eugène Martel (1869–1947) will be displayed alongside works by 19th- and 20th-century artists with links to Avignon or Provence.

Musée Louis Vouland
17, Rue Victor Hugo
84000 Avignon
France

‘D'ici de là’ Exhibition

From 28 July to 31 December 2026

Free

These are frames, physically present in the landscape, which dictate viewpoints and compositions to the artist, who emphasises his submission to these pre-existing frames by creating focus effects [through blurred edges]. The ViewFinder series is enriched as Éric Maillet travels, here in Provence. In the Luberon, the artist also gathers fragments of text from everyday life to create gaps between the written word and the landscape.

Musée Louis Vouland
17, Rue Victor Hugo
84000 Avignon
France