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Desert Museum

  • Museum
  • Fine Arts
  • Arts and culture
  • Painting
  • Local history
  • Private museum
Le Mas Soubeyran, 30140 Mialet
The Desert, a strange name for a museum! You will know the meaning by visiting this unique place in the Cevennes. More than 3000 rare objects, weapons, maps, paintings and books are exposed, witnesses of the resistance of the Protestants during the War of the Camisards.
Located in the heart of a Cévennes hamlet, in the house where the Camisard leader Pierre Laporte, known as Rolland, was born, the Musée du Désert aims to bring to life the Huguenot past and the history of the Camisards.
With its numerous documents and authentic objects, it is the largest and richest museum of Protestant history. It celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2011.

By visiting the Desert Museum, you explore the period of the "Desert" (1685-1787) from the Revocation of the Edict...

Services

Air conditioning
Car park
  • Accessibility
  • Not accessible in a wheelchair

  • Activities
  • Children's entertainment

  • Temporary exhibition

  • Permanent exhibition

  • Equipment
  • Shelter for bikes/mountain bikes

  • Picnic area

  • Covered picnic area

  • Camper van reception area

  • Air conditioning

  • Car park

  • Sustainable development

  • Meeting room

  • Coach parking

  • Waste management

  • Free car park

  • Services
  • Educational visits

  • Coach access

  • Motorhomes allowed

  • Themed tour

  • Shop

  • Permanent entertainments organiser

  • Equipment loan

  • Booking of general amenities

  • Guided tours

  • Ticketing in number

Quality standards
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Rates

From 1 March 2025 to 30 November 2025
Adult
From 5€ to 7€

Reduced price
5€

Teenager
From 4€ to 5€

Childfree for children under 10 years old
From 4€ to 5€

Large family
18€

Group adultsgroup from 20 people
5€

Group children
4€

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Openings

Monday
10:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 18:00

Tuesday
10:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 18:00

Wednesday
10:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 18:00

Thursday
10:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 18:00

Friday
10:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 18:00

Saturday
10:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 18:00

Sunday
10:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 18:00

* On demand
Monday
09:30 - 18:30

Tuesday
09:30 - 18:30

Wednesday
09:30 - 18:30

Thursday
09:30 - 18:30

Friday
09:30 - 18:30

Saturday
09:30 - 18:30

Sunday
09:30 - 18:30

* On demand
Monday
10:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 18:00

Tuesday
10:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 18:00

Wednesday
10:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 18:00

Thursday
10:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 18:00

Friday
10:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 18:00

Saturday
10:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 18:00

Sunday
10:00 - 12:30
14:00 - 18:00

* On demand

Location

Desert Museum
Le Mas Soubeyran, 30140 Mialet
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  • French
  • Dutch
Updated on 10 January 2025 at 15:40
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