Musée Gustave Courbet, Art museum and birth house in Ornans, France
The Musée Gustave Courbet occupies three connected historic buildings, featuring 80 permanent artworks across multiple exhibition spaces and dedicated floors.
The museum originated in 1947 with five paintings in the town hall before expanding to its current location at Hôtel Hébert, a 16th-century structure.
The permanent collection displays paintings, drawings, and sculptures by Courbet alongside works from his contemporaries, representing the Realism movement.
Located at 1 Place Robert Fernier, the museum offers guided tours, educational workshops, and spreads across 2,000 square meters of exhibition space.
The museum maintains a scientific partnership with the Musée d'Orsay since 2014, facilitating artwork loans and collaborative research projects.
Location: Ornans
Address: 5, rue de la Froidière
GPS coordinates: 47.10470,6.14830
Latest update: March 4, 2025 08:01
Burgundy-Franche-Comté encompasses a varied heritage that spans several millennia. The region houses prehistoric sites such as the Roche de Solutré, monasteries founded as early as the 6th century like Baume Abbey, as well as medieval fortresses and Renaissance homes. Natural formations include the Osselle Cave, open to the public since 1751, and the Hérisson Waterfall, which features seven cascades over nearly 2.5 miles in the Jura mountains. The area is characterized by diverse terrain, from vineyards and mountain foothills to valleys and limestone plateaus. Visitors can explore the Cormatin Castle with its formal gardens, observe the ongoing construction of Guédelon Castle using 13th-century techniques, or explore the underground galleries of the Osselle Cave. These sites attest to human habitation and geological changes over the centuries.
Ornans
1.3 km
Musée Courbet
54 m
Château d'Ornans
961 m
Brême River
2.7 km
Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Chêne
3.1 km
Musée Gustave Courbet
64 m
Distillerie Cusenier
264 m
Hôtel de Sagey d'Arros
305 m
Couvent des Minimes d'Ornans
507 m
Pont de Nahin
561 m
Église Saint-Laurent d'Ornans
257 m
Prieuré Saint-Marcellin
3.1 km
Chapelle Saint-Georges d'Ornans
969 m
Grand Pont d'Ornans
95 m
Tuilerie des Combes de Punay
4.1 km
Hôpital rural Saint-Louis
455 m
Maison Granvelle
101 m
Hôtel de ville d'Ornans
167 m
Passerelle Courbet
234 m
Hôtel Sanderet de Valonne
210 m
Hôtel de Grospain
220 m
Grotte de Plaisir-Fontaine
4 km
Église Saint-Denis de Chassagne-Saint-Denis
3.5 km
Église Saint-Gengoul de Montgesoye
4.2 km
Église Saint-Marcellin-et-Saint-Pierre de Bonnevaux-le-Prieuré
3.6 km
Immeuble
356 m
Chapelle du couvent de la Visitation anciennement des Minimes d'Ornans
488 m
Pont de Montgesoye
4 kmReviews
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