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.

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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”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rosetta Stone and Hôtel de Laporte.

Rosetta Stone

Work of art

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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

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Hôtel de Laporte is a historic building, which is situated 110 metres northwest of Champollion Museum.

Église Notre-Dame du Puy (Figeac)

Church

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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

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Figeac is a commune in the southwestern French department of Lot. Figeac is a sub-prefecture of the department.

Camburat

Village

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Camburat is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. Camburat is situated 4½ km northwest of Champollion Museum.

Capdenac-Gare

Village

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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″ north

Longitude

2.03448° or 2° 2′ 4″ east

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

8FP4J25M+VQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 68383015

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata 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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