Founded in 1979 by Paul Puaux, Jean Vilar's right-hand man and his successor as director of the Avignon Festival, the Maison Jean Vilar is an emblematic place in the City of Avignon.
The place preserves the archives of Jean Vilar and the Avignon Festival while ensuring its year-round presence in our region.
Backed by a conservation and research center under the responsibility of the National Library of France, it is one of the rare exhibition spaces dedicated to the performing arts, drawing on its heritage funds in order to share the memory of the theater and particularly that of Jean Vilar and popular theater.
Exhibitions, readings, meetings, publications and workshops are all proposals to transmit and keep this common memory alive today.
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Backed by a conservation and research center under the responsibility of the National Library of France, it is one of the rare exhibition spaces dedicated to the performing arts, drawing on its heritage funds in order to share the memory of the theater and particularly that of Jean Vilar and popular theater.
Exhibitions, readings, meetings, publications and workshops are all proposals to transmit and keep this common memory alive today.
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Themes:
Visit
Customers
Language(s) of the visit
French
Individual visit services
- Unguided individual tours permanently
- Guided individual tours on request
Group visit services
- Unguided group visits on request
- Guided group tours on request
Opening
| Opening hours from September 02 to December 31, 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | Open from 14 pm to 18 pm |
| Wednesday | Open from 14 pm to 18 pm |
| Thursday | Open from 14 pm to 18 pm |
| Friday | Open from 14 pm to 18 pm |
| Open on Saturday | Open from 14 pm to 18 pm |
Hours may vary.
Closed on public holidays.
Exceptional Closure(s)
- 01/01/2025
- 21/04/2025
- 29/05/2025
- 09/06/2025
- 01/05/2025
- 08/05/2025
- 15/08/2025
- 01/11/2025
- 11/11/2025
- 25/12/2025
Pricing
Except for certain temporary exhibitions.
Payment methods
Services
Equipment
Services
Activities on site
- Temporary exhibitions
Home animals
Accessible tourism
Physical disability
Most of the exhibition spaces at Maison Jean Vilar are now accessible to people with reduced mobility.
Linked offers
On the spot…
Le 22 November 2025
Il étouffe des perroquets
08 October 20 December 2025
Visite guidée de l’exposition Les clés du Festival, l’aventure du Festival d’Avignon des origines à nos jours
From 8 € / adult
01 September 31 December 2025
Les clés du Festival, l’aventure du Festival d’Avignon des origines à nos jours
Book online From 7 € / adult
