Visit of the Giono Center

  • Hôtel Raffin

Presentation

Free visit of the Jean Giono Center (Hôtel Raffin, exhibitions and gardens).
The objective of the interpretation and documentation center is to offer literary tourism in the area.
A place of cultural mediation, it offers a new permanent exhibition, Jean Giono: "the paths of a work".
Created in 1992, the Jean Giono center is installed in a beautiful Provencal building of the XVIIIth century. You will be able to admire the old Provencal floor tiles of this building, its period woodwork and its beautiful ceilings. A scenographic garden offers a privileged space for resting, reading and writing, and a documentation and research center preserves and promotes the writer's work.
The Jean Giono Center also organizes literary walks, meetings with writers, readings and travelling exhibitions all year round.
Période(s) d'ouvertureFrom 01/04 to 30/09/2023 between 10 am and 12.30 pm except on Easter Monday, Feast of the Ascension, Whit Monday, May 1st, May 8th, July 14th and August 15th.
Closed Monday and Sunday.
Catégory/ies
  • Activity type :
    • Cultural activities
  • Arts and culture :
    • Arts
    • Litterature
Information
  • Services :
    • 7 people max per group
    • 10 people min per group
  • Nature of supervised activity (ACT and SEJ) :
    • Introductory/discovery
  • Informations activite :
    • Place Hôtel Raffin

Tarifs

Adult: 5 to 6 € (Reduced rate of 5 euros for job seekers, recipients of social minima, under 18 years old, students, apprentices under 26 years old, groups of 7 people minimum, holders of a valid Alpes de Haute Provence museum passport.).

Group rate available for > 10 people.

Free for subscribers to the DLVA media library network, school groups from the DLVA territory, and accompanying adults.
During the Correspondances de Manosque festival, the Manosque children's book festival, the European Heritage Days, the Night of the Museums, the Rendez-vous aux jardins, the Estivales éditoriales.

Coupled ticket for exhibitions and visit of the house: 12 euros
Garden pass: 3 euros (reduced rate 2 euros).
Centre Jean Giono
Phone : +33 4 92 70 54 54
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Contact
3 boulevard Elémir Bourges
04100
Manosque
  • Spoken language(s) :
    • French
    • English

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3 boulevard Elémir Bourges
04100
Manosque
GPS coordinates
Latitude : 43.831269
Longitude : 5.783967
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