Firmin Bouisset museum

Description

LU's Little Schoolboy and Menier's Little Chocolate Girl are icons created by Firmin Bouisset, a pioneer of modern advertising. Come and meet in Castelsarrasin these characters and many others that are part of our collective imagery.
Firmin Bouisset, a pioneer of modern advertising, father of the Petit LU and the Little Chocolate Girl Menier will finally have his Space!

A stone's throw from Moissac, his birthplace, the Espace Firmîn Bouisset will welcome you from 2021 in Castelsarrasin, near the Canal des Deux Mers.In a small, completely restored pink brick mansion, you will enter the playful and familiar world of this painter-poster artist who, in the heart of the Belle Epoque, revolutionized the art of advertising and inscribed his characters in our collective imagery.The petite Menier, the Petit écolier de LU, the Pierrot du chocolat Poulain and so many other icons await you at the "Espace Firmin Bouisset".

Tourism Pass offer : 4€ instead of 5€

dsio.detail.accessibilite : Accessible for self-propelled wheelchairs.
Doors >=77 cm wide.
Lift (80 x 130 cm) and door >= 77 cm.
Reception desk between 70-80 cm high.
WC + grab handle + adequate space to move.
Incline >5% but reasonable.
Glare-free lighting throughout the site

Spoken languages : English, French

Prices & payment

Full price: 5 €.

Free entry for children < 10 years.

Pass Tourisme offer €4 instead of €5

Group tours available every day, all year round.

Equipement & services

• Bicycle parking
• Parking nearby
• Car park
• Exhibition space
• Air conditioning
• Lift
• Toilets
• Coach access
• Shop
• Guided tours
• Stroller-accessible
• Children's entertainment
• Permanent exhibition
• Unguided individual tours available permanently
• Guided individual tours on request
• Unguided group tours on request
• Guided group tours on request

Location