Annonciade Museum, Art museum in Saint-Tropez, France
The Annonciade Museum houses an art collection inside a 16th-century chapel that was repurposed for this use, located in the heart of town. The displays span paintings from 1890 to 1950 arranged across exhibition rooms, covering Post-Impressionism, Nabis, and Fauvism styles developed during this period.
Paul Signac arrived in 1892 and set up his studio in the house La Hune, drawing painters to the fishing village. In 1922 Henri Person and André Turin founded the Muséon Tropelen with 32 works, first shown in a town hall room. The collection moved into the upper floor of the Chapelle Notre-Dame de l'Annonciade in 1937; after Louis Süe's conversion for Georges Grammont, the museum reopened on 7 August 1955 with 56 works.
The collection reflects how artists chose to live and work together in this seaside village, developing new painting styles inspired by local light and landscapes. Works on display show the close relationships between painters who settled here and influenced each other's approach to color and form.
The museum sits on the main town square and is easy to reach on foot from most areas. Exhibition content changes regularly, so checking what is currently on display before visiting helps you plan what to see.
The chapel lost its bell tower in 1821, and its roof was reshaped so the building could serve as a workshop for marine construction. A theatre occupied the ground floor when the museum opened in 1937, and only in 1950 did the museum gain the whole building. Architect Louis Süe then remodelled it for Georges Grammont's collection.
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