Museum · Avignon · Vaucluse

Muséum Requien

Muséum Requien, a museum, stands in Avignon. There are 46 other places to visit inside 5 km. A drive of 600 m reaches Palais des papes.

Photo: Muséum Requien, Marianne Casamance (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Avignon

inside the commune

How well known

Top 5%

#1,591 of 37,318 French places we list

Warmest months

Apr–Oct

highs of 20–32°C

In brief

Museum in Avignon

One of the best-known places to visit in France

#1,591 of the 37,318 museums, châteaux, gardens and other attractions we list in France, by how widely it is covered (5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles). About ↓

In Avignon

Muséum Requien is in the commune of Avignon, with 46 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

From April to October, Avignon sees highs of 20–32°C.

Jan11° / 2°56 mm

Feb12° / 2°36 mm

Mar17° / 5°36 mm

Apr20° / 8°60 mm

May24° / 12°52 mm

Jun29° / 16°35 mm

Jul32° / 18°24 mm

Aug31° / 18°35 mm

Sep26° / 14°91 mm

Oct21° / 11°89 mm

Nov15° / 6°92 mm

Dec11° / 3°44 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Avignon, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Avignon station, 6.6 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Avignon’s full climate →

About

Muséum Requien

Wikipedia covers it in 5 languages.

Muséum Requien on Wikipedia ↗

Type: Museum
Covered in: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune: Avignon, Vaucluse
Official site: avignon.fr/fr/culture/musees/requien.php

Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Plan your visit

When it is open

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

The way to Muséum Requien

The numbers show what else is near Muséum Requien, in the order listed below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Muséum Requien

Avignon is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (92,188 people). Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · It’s in this commune

Avignon

92,188 people

2 · 2.9 km northwest of it

Villeneuve-lès-Avignon

13,148 people

3 · 3.1 km northwest of it

Les Angles

8,908 people

4 · 5 km east of it

Le Pontet

18,386 people

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Muséum Requien is	People
Avignon	It’s in this commune	92,188
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon	2.9 km northwest of it	13,148
Les Angles	3.1 km northwest of it	8,908
Le Pontet	5 km east of it	18,386
Rognonas	5.2 km south of it	4,261
Barbentane	6.4 km southwest of it	4,266
Pujaut	7 km north of it	3,982
Morières-lès-Avignon	7.9 km east of it	9,019

Make a day of it

More to see nearby

Also close at hand are 4 museums, 2 attractions and a cathedral, among 105 within 15 km.

AttractionPalais des papes600 m northeast, in Avignon 2AttractionAttractionPont d'Avignon800 m north, in Avignon 3

CathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-des-Doms d'Avignon600 m northeast, in Avignon 4

MuseumMusée du Petit Palais700 m north, in Avignon 5

MuseumMusée Calvet100 m northeast, in Avignon 6

ChâteauPalais du Roure200 m northeast, in Avignon 7

MuseumMusée lapidaire d'Avignon200 m southeast, in Avignon 8

MuseumMusée Angladon300 m east, in Avignon

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions before you go

Where is Muséum Requien?

Muséum Requien is in Avignon, in Vaucluse (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur).

What is Muséum Requien?

Museum in France.

How well known is Muséum Requien?

Muséum Requien has 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #1,591 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Muséum Requien?

April to October are the warmest months in Avignon, with afternoon highs of 20–32°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Muséum Requien?

Within 15 km: Palais des papes (600 m), Pont d'Avignon (800 m), Cathédrale Notre-Dame-des-Doms d'Avignon (600 m) and Musée du Petit Palais (700 m).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Muséum Requien: Marianne Casamance, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Palais des papes: Jean-Marc Rosier (de/from http://www.cjrosier.com + http://www.gordes-immobilier.com ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathédrale Notre-Dame-des-Doms d'Avignon: Rolf Süssbrich, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée du Petit Palais: Herbert Frank from Wien (Vienna), AT, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée Calvet: Shoshanah, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Palais du Roure: Véronique PAGNIER, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Musée lapidaire d'Avignon: Véronique PAGNIER, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Musée Angladon: ell brown, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.