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island’s Amerindian past is illustrated with<br />
engraved or painted bowls, vases made of<br />
Roucou wood and, above all, an important<br />
collection of adornments, all of which make<br />
this one of the best archeological museums<br />
in the Caribbean.<br />
MUSEE REGIONAL D’HISTOIRE<br />
ET D’ETHNOGRAPHIE<br />
10, Bd du Général de Gaulle<br />
97200 FORT-DE-FRANCE<br />
Tel. : 0596 72 81 87<br />
/ 0596 63 85 55<br />
Fax. : 0546 63 74 11<br />
Cr.972.musees@wanadoo.fr<br />
Open every day except<br />
Sunday. Monday/<br />
Wednesday/Thursday/<br />
Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,<br />
Tuesday 2:00 a.m. to 5:00<br />
p.m., Saturday 8:00 a.m. to<br />
noon.<br />
Built in 1887, this is one of the<br />
two oldest « bourgeois villas » in<br />
the city center. In 1991, Martinique’s<br />
Regional Council acquired the villa in order to<br />
transform it into its Regional Museum of History and<br />
Ethnography. This museum is a veritable gem that<br />
displays beautiful collections of furniture, paintings,<br />
engravings, documents, jewels and traditional<br />
costumes.<br />
LE MUSEE DES FIGURINES VEGETALES<br />
Plantation Leyritz - 97218 BASSE POINTE<br />
Tel. : 0596 78 53 92 - Fax : 0596 78 92 44<br />
Open every day 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.<br />
A part of the Leyritz Plantation, which dates from the<br />
18th century, the Museum of Plant Figurines is an<br />
amazing collection of dolls in the costumes of that<br />
period, made from natural materials: flowers, leaves,<br />
and dried leaves.<br />
LE MUSEE PAUL GAUGUIN<br />
Anse Turin - 97221 LE CARBET<br />
Tel. : 0596 78 22 66<br />
Open every day 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.<br />
Located near the place where Paul Gauguin and<br />
his friend Charles Laval lived for a few months in<br />
1887, the museum depicts a critical period in the the<br />
life of the artist. There are reproductions of several<br />
paintings, among them La Cueillette des Marigots, La<br />
Vie à Saint-Pierre and La Plage des Raisiniers.<br />
LA MAISON DE LA POUPEE<br />
Quartier Vallon - 97214 LE LORRAIN<br />
Tel/Fax. : 0596 53 78 50<br />
Open every day 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.<br />
This museum has a superb collection of 200 dolls<br />
made of fabric or banana leaves.<br />
CENTRE DE DECOUVERTE DES SCIENCES ET DE<br />
LA TERRE<br />
Habitation Périnelle - quartier la Galère<br />
97250 SAINT-PIERRE<br />
Tel. : 0596 52 82 42 - Fax. : 0596 78 29 70<br />
contact@cdst.org - www.cdst.org<br />
Open Wednesday to Sunday 9:00 a.m.<br />
to 5:00 p.m. (end of visits 5:30 p.m.). In<br />
July, August and school holidays, open<br />
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.<br />
The Center of Discovery of<br />
Sciences and the Earth is<br />
located at the northern end<br />
of Saint-Pierre, adjacent<br />
to the ruins of the old<br />
Habitation Périnelle.<br />
Through its fascinating<br />
yet sensitive portrayal<br />
of the tragic eruption<br />
of Mount Pelée,<br />
the center offers<br />
everyone a means of<br />
discovering or learning<br />
more about the earth<br />
sciences.<br />
LE MUSEE<br />
VULCANOLOGIQUE<br />
FRANCK PERRET<br />
Rue Victor Hugo<br />
97250 SAINT-PIERRE<br />
Tel. : 0596 78 15 16<br />
Open every day 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.<br />
Devoted to the catastrophe on May 8, 1902, which<br />
in three minutes totally destroyed the town of Saint-<br />
Pierre, the museum recalls the splendor and beauty of<br />
the town before the eruption. It also evokes that day’s<br />
destructive violence, which killed 30,000 people.<br />
LA MAISON DE LA COIFFE ET DU COSTUME<br />
CREOLE<br />
23 rue Gambetta - 97220 TRINITE<br />
Tel. : 0596 58 35 47<br />
Open every day except Sunday. Monday to Friday<br />
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday 9:00 a.m. to noon.<br />
This museum has a collection of dolls in Creole<br />
costumes of yesteryear, as well as objects from<br />
everyday life in the past.<br />
DISCOVER<br />
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