Musée de Céramique Bernard Palissy, Ceramics museum in Lacapelle-Biron, France
The Musée de Céramique Bernard Palissy is a ceramics museum located in the small village of Lacapelle-Biron in southwest France. It brings together a permanent collection of around 150 pieces alongside regularly changing exhibitions of work by contemporary ceramicists.
The museum was founded in 1992 with the aim of showing that ceramics is a living art that connects past and present. It takes its name from Bernard Palissy, a craftsman of the 16th century who became known across France for his highly detailed decorative ceramic dishes.
The museum takes its name from Bernard Palissy, a 16th-century potter and writer whose reputation in the ceramic world still resonates today. Each year the museum focuses on a specific theme in contemporary ceramics, such as raku or wood firing, and presents works by artists who still practice these techniques.
Opening hours vary by season, with the museum generally open every day except Tuesday in summer. Group visits can be booked in advance, and the staff is available to answer questions and provide more detail about the works on display.
In the nearby hamlet of Saint-Avit, there is a building thought to be Bernard Palissy's birthplace, though this has never been confirmed. Every August this hamlet fills with around 35 ceramicists who set up their work right against the old stone walls for a gathering that draws visitors from across the region.
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