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Attractions
Museums
LE MUSEE DE LA PAGERIE
97229 LES TROIS-ILETS
Tel. : 0596 68 38 34 - Fax : 0596 68 38 41
Open every day except Monday. Weekdays 9:00 a.m.
to 1:00 p.m and 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday and
Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m and 3:00 p.m. to
5:00 p.m.
Located on the site where Marie-Josèphe Rose
Tascher de la Pagerie, later Empress Joséphine,
was born in 1763, this small, elegant stone house
is a museum devoted to her memory. Joséphine’s
childhood bed, portraits, and letters from Napoleon
form the bulk of the collection.
LA MAISON DE LA CANNE
Pointe Vatable - 97229 LES TROIS-ILETS
Tel. : 0596 68 32 04 - Fax : 0596 68 42 69
Open every day except Monday. Tuesday/
Wednesday/Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Friday/
Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sunday 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Housed in the restored buildings of the old Vatable
Distillery, the Sugarcane Museum shows the long
history of the deep and complex relationship linking
the land, the sugarcane plant, and the Martinican
people.
MUSEE DU CAFE ET DU CACAO
Domaine Château Gaillard - Route des Trois-Ilets
97229 TROIS-ILETS
Tel. : 0596 48 24 40 - Fax : 0596 68 10 57
Ouvert tous les jours de 9h à 18h - entrée gratuite
museecafecacao@wanadoo.fr
Open seven days a week, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Free admission.
The Museum of Coffee and Cocoa offers visitors
a panorama of the ancient traditions of coffee and
chocolate cultivation. There are descriptions of the
different stages of coffee and chocolate manufacture,
as well as objects from earlier centuries, such as
machines used in the process, coffee mills, coffee
pots and hot chocolate pots.
LA MAISON REGIONALE DES VOLCANS
Immeuble Magalon - Haut du Bourg
97260 MORNE ROUGE
Tel. : 0596 52 45 45 - Fax 0596 52 93 20
Open every day. Monday 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Tuesday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Saturday and Sunday 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
The Regional Volcano Museum is a center for
information and documentation on volcanology
and for the observation of Mount Pelée. There is
a « vidéothèque » showing volcanic eruptions, a
seismic station, geographic aquariums, a document
collection, and pedagogical signs from the CNRS
(National Center of Scientific Research) and CSDA
(Antilles Center of Seismic Data). The museum also
organizes hikes and « discovery » trails.
LE MUSEE D’ARTS ET TRADITIONS POPULAIRES
Rue Cassien Sainte-Claire - 97270 SAINT-ESPRIT
Tel. : 0596 56 58 01 - Fax : 0596 68 93 23
Open every day except Sunday. Monday to Friday
9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions shows
the historical, cultural and social aspects of village
life. Nearby you’ll find an exhibit of artistic and
utilitarian objects, a pottery workshop, and a space
for instruction and performances of traditional
music—all of which highlight Martinique’s natural and
cultural heritage.
MUSEE DEPARTEMENTAL D’ARCHEOLOGIE
PRECOLOMBIENNE
9, rue de la Liberté - 97200 FORT-DE-FRANCE
Tel. : 0596 71 57 05 - Fax : 0596 73 03 80
Open every day except Sunday. Monday to Friday
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays 9:00 a.m. to noon.
Located between Saint-Louis Fort and the
Schoelcher Library, near the Place de la Savanne,
the Departmental Museum of Pre-Columbian
Archeology has been housed since 1971 in the old
military supply headquarters, built at the end of the
19th century. With over 2,000 objects on display, the
museum retraces the long history of the settlement
of Martinique by the Arawak
and Carib Indians. The
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