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37thedition of the European Heritage Days
A new opportunity to discover or rediscover this authentic hospital blockhouse and in particular the novelties for 2020.
Saturday September 19 and Sunday September 20, 2020, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (last admission: 6 p.m.)
Single price of €6 per person*
Free visit, without reservation. In the context of COVID-19, the museum reserves the right to refuse entry to visitors in the event of heavy traffic.
*The museum is a private structure, receiving neither subsidy nor aid from the State, only the entrances make the site live.
European Heritage Days 2019
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September 2019 are European Heritage Days!
During this exceptional weekend, we invite you to (re)discover the Blockhaus-hospital museum at a single price of €5.50 for all
!
From 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., non-stop, last admission: 6 p.m.
Museum Night 2019
Once again this year, the Blockhaus Hôpital museum is offering a night visit as part of the "Night of Museums 2019". On this occasion, the public will be able to follow a fun course specifically designed for this evening. In order not to miss any detail of this event, we invite visitors to bring flashlights!
An opportunity to discover or rediscover this authentic hospital blockhouse.
Saturday May 18, 2019, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. (last admission: 10 p.m.)
Single price of €5.50 per person
Tip: Bring a flashlight
Pumpkin Hunt 2019
On Halloween night, the gates of the blockhouse are capricious and sometimes remain closed... Armed with your flashlights, will you be able to find the pumpkins and decipher the password that will allow you to escape?
See you on October 31, 2019 from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (last admissions at 9:00 p.m.) and try your luck!
Full price: €7.50
Reduced price: €5.50
Tip: bring a flashlight as part of the night visit
Meeting with Marthe Cohn, great French resistance fighter
Yesterday, Thursday October 11, 2018, the Blockhaus Hôpital museum had the honor of receiving the visit of one of the very last French Resistance fighters, Mrs Marthe Cohn. Born in 1920, in Metz, this Jewish nurse joined the French army just after the Liberation of Paris. Fluent in German, she will be responsible for collecting information from the German army in the midst of a collapse.
A historic and moving visit.
NWe thank Mrs. Merle, representative of Mr. Yannick Moreau, Mr. and Mrs. Buschaud, Mr. Suire, principal at the initiative of the meeting with the pupils of the Savary high school in Mauléon, as well as Mr. and Mrs. Béraud (HMP 85), which made this visit to the museum possible.
Back in pictures on the Science Festival 2018
From October 4 to 7, 2018, the Blockhaus Hôpital museum took part in the Science Festival at the invitation of the Sand Museum Association of Les Sables d'Olonne. A new opportunity for us to publicize the museum and explain the progress made during the two world wars in the medical field.
Below are some pictures of our stand (all rights reserved Blockhaus Hospital Museum - L. Gauthier/G. Payet)
Visit of Mr. Jean Roux, former FFI
Tuesday, September 18, 2018, we received a visit from Mr. Jean ROUX, aged 95, at the Blockhaus Hospital. Former FFI who participated in the liberation of Les Sables d'Olonne, he witnessed many local events of this period, in particular when a small group of German soldiers transported in sidecars surrendered.
An enriching and memorable encounter.
The Blockhaus Hospital Museum, winner of the Ribbons of Heritage
The Heritage Ribbons competition rewards local authorities who invest in the maintenance and safeguarding of built heritage. The prizes for this competition honor actions rehabilitating places of memory, which contribute to the economic life of France. The municipality of Les Sables d'Olonne was awarded for its rehabilitation of the hospital blockhouse.
Museum Night,Saturday, May 19, 2018
With its 16,000 visitors since its opening in July 2017, the Blcokhaus Hôpital museum offers a night visit as part of the "Night of Museums 2018". On this occasion, the public will also be able to follow a fun course designed especially for this evening. In order not to miss any detail of this event, we invite visitors to bring flashlights!
Night of the museums, Saturday May 19, 2018, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. (last admission: 10 p.m.).
Single price: €5.50 / person
Tip: bring a flashlight as part of the night visit
Presentation of two FFI flags
On September 30, 2017, the ceremony to hand over the two FFI flags from Les Sables d'Olonne to the museum took place.
In the presence of Gérard Duvail, former member of the Lapierre section of the 1st FFI Battalion of Vendée,
Luc Braeuer curator of the museum,
The representatives of the UNC des Sables d'Olonne MM. Rocheteau (vice-president), Merceron (secretary), Garandeau (treasurer), who had had custody of it for two years. Thanks to them for sending us these two symbolic flags linked to the history presented in the museum.
The first flag is that of the 1st FFI Battalion of Vendée, made up mainly of the FFI volunteers from Les Sables d'Olonne. This unit of 804 men fought against the Saint-Nazaire Pocket from October 1944 to May 1945.
The second flag is that of the FFI of Les Sables d'Olonne and La Chaume, with the port of Les Sables and the tower of Arundel embroidered by hand.
These two flags will soon be presented to the public, above the scene of the museum showing the departure of the men of the 1st Battalion of Vendée towards the front of St-Nazaire.
