With its major collections from impressionist painters, its permanent collection of Eugène Boudin (about 200 pieces), and the recent Senn-Foulds donation, the Malraux museum houses the largest collection of impressionist paintings in France after Paris.
Open to the public by “Ville du Havre”, it allows visitors to understand the innovations brought on to buildings in the 1950’s which have revolutionized the art of housing.
One of the last remains of Le Havre as it used to be in the 19th century, built by the architect Thibault in the 1790’s, according to highly original blueprints and displaying an outstanding decoration.
The oldest monument in Le Havre displays a Romanesque church of the 11th-13th century and an altarpiece of the 17th century, restored with 23-carat gold.
This mansion belonged to the first-rate merchant Michel Dubocage de Bléville, whose fame was based on very important contracts dealt with China and especially, on the discovery of an island during a trip along the coasts of Mexico: the island of Clipperton, a French territory, formerly called Island of the Passion.
