Museums

POULDU HOUSE-MUSEUM

In the footsteps of Gauguin

Between 1886 and 1894, many painters leaving Paris and attracted by Brittany discovered Pont-Aven and its surroundings, including the small village of Pouldu and its picturesque seaside. In the fall of 1889, Paul Gauguin, Meyer de Haan, Paul Sérusier, then Filiger settled in Pouldu, at ""La buvette de la plage"", run by Marie Henry. During the winter, these artists at the origin of Synthetism decorate the walls, ceiling, doors and windows of the dining room of the inn.

Famous is the ""goose"" by Paul Gauguin which will be made there from the plaster of the dining room.

Nowadays, the identically recreated ""La buvette de la plage"" welcomes visitors into the atmosphere of the time and allows them to place these works now scattered around the world in their original context.


Pouldu House Museum
10 rue des Grands sables, in Pouldu
02 98 39 98 51

THE PAINTER'S PATH

Departing from the Pouldu House Museum, ""The Painters' Path"", a walking tour dotted with totems, allows you to admire the landscapes which so inspired Gauguin, Sérusier and Filiger.
The circuit is punctuated by stops materialized by permanent furniture supporting either the reproduction of a painting by one of these artists, or a text or any other document from the period.
These materialized stops allow the walker to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of Pouldu which inspired the painters of the end of the 19th century.
The Chemin des Peintres presents a great diversity of landscapes with its beaches separated by cliffs, its fields which descend towards the sea and its wooded areas.

The route is simple and comes in two loops:
The 5 km long loop
The short 2 km loop – accessible to people with reduced mobility with a guide.
This Pouldu walk offers 15 stops to learn more about the inspiration of the artists who came to paint these landscapes.

Find the route HERE .

SAINT MAURICE ABBEY SITE

The ruins of the Cistercian Abbey of Saint-Maurice stand on the right bank of the Laïta, in the Carnoët forest. It was Abbot Maurice Duault of Langonnet Abbey who was responsible for founding it in 1177 on land offered by Conan IV Duke of Brittany. The park and exhibitions can be visited in a protected natural site.
You can, during a self-guided or guided tour, discover the history of the historic buildings, the oldest of which date back to the 13th century, understand the life of Cistercian monks in the Middle Ages thanks to the permanent exhibition, contemplate the silhouette of the century-old sequoias …
A classified landscape, property of the Conservatoire du Littoral, the abbey site of Saint Maurice is also a place for observing fauna and flora, an environment combining sea and forest.
Unique, you observe, through an infrared camera, the protected colony of bats which inhabit the attic of the Abbot's home.
An exhibition explains the astonishing life of these little-known mammals.

Additional information on the website HERE

Abbey site of Saint-Maurice
81, route de Lorient
02 98 71 65 51