Champollion Museum
The Champollion Museum is located in Figeac, Lot, France. It houses a collection devoted to Figeac's most famous son, Jean-François Champollion. It was inaugurated 19 December 1986 in the presence of President François Mitterrand and Jean Leclant, secrétaire perpétuel of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.Photo: Thierry46, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: July—August 10:30 AM—6:30 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: house in Figeac, Lot
- Also known as: “Maison natale de Champollion” and “Musée des Écritures du Monde”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rosetta Stone and Hôtel de Laporte.
Rosetta Stone
Work of art
Photo: Awikimate, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Rosetta Stone is a stele of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes.
Hôtel de Laporte
Historic building
Photo: Abxbay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hôtel de Laporte is a historic building, which is situated 110 metres northwest of Champollion Museum.
Église Notre-Dame du Puy (Figeac)
Church
Église Notre-Dame du Puy (Figeac) is a church, which is situated 140 metres northeast of Champollion Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Figeac and Camburat.
Figeac
Town
Photo: Thesupermat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Figeac is a commune in the southwestern French department of Lot. Figeac is a sub-prefecture of the department.
Camburat
Village
Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Camburat is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. Camburat is situated 4½ km northwest of Champollion Museum.
Capdenac-Gare
Village
Capdenac-Gare is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. The old village of Capdenac is directly west of Capdenac-Gare, across the river Lot. Capdenac-Gare is situated 5 km southeast of Champollion Museum.
Champollion Museum
- Categories: birth house, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Figeac, Arrondissement of Figeac, Lot, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Latitude
44.60972° or 44° 36′ 35″ northLongitude
2.03448° or 2° 2′ 4″ eastOpen location code
8FP4J25M+VQOpenStreetMap ID
way 68383015OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q3329106
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Italian—“Champollion Museum” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Casa natal de Champollion (Fijac)”
- Catalan: “Casa natal de Champollion”
- Dutch: “Champollion Museum”
- French: “Les écritures du monde”
- French: “Musée Champollion - Les Écritures du Monde”
- French: “musée Champollion”
- French: “Musée Champollion”
- Italian: “Museo Champollion”
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