Musée d'art et d'histoire Romain-Rolland, Art and history museum in Clamecy, France.
The Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Romain Rolland occupies the Hôtel de Bellegarde with exhibition spaces spread across both historic and modern wings of the building. The collection includes Italian Renaissance paintings, Gallo-Roman artifacts, and regional pieces spanning multiple periods.
Founded in 1876 at the initiative of the Clamecy town hall, the museum opened to the public on 30 December 1876 in a room of the town hall, with painter Amédée Jullien as first director. After a stay in the savings bank building from 1909, it had to leave in 1962 and moved to the 17th-century Hôtel de Bellegarde, where it opened its first room in 1967. In 1988 the town gave it the name Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Romain Rolland.
The museum displays a large collection of local faience pottery that reflects the region's long ceramic-making tradition. This craft heritage remains visible in how the town connects to its artisanal past.
Plan your visit carefully since the museum closes on Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays from October through April. Checking opening hours ahead of time will help you make the most of your trip.
The timber-floating collection recalls Clamecy's trade from the 16th to the 19th century, when wood cut in the region was floated down to Paris. The museum holds souvenirs of this activity, which long shaped the town's economy.
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