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Between towers, ramparts, vaulted rooms, gardens and panoramic views, a tour of the fort will take you on a journey through the history of Marseille. From Fanal Tower toward the Chemin de Ronde (1) The footbridge from the J4 lets out on a vast open-air esplanade, the fort’s Place d’Armes.
- 45 minutes
- All ages
- Its Roots
- One Museum, Three Sites
- A Cultural Centre
- A Mediterranean Crossroads
As the first museum devoted to Mediterranean cultures, the Mucem is a completely novel structure. The product of the metamorphosis of a major societal museum – the Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions, created in Paris in 1937 –, it represents the first real conversion of a museum from national to regional. The Mucem Museum of the Civilizations of...
The Mucem encompasses three sites. Along the sea, at the entrance to the Old Port, the J4 building (Rudy Ricciotti’s and Roland Carta’s symbolic architectural creation) and the Fort Saint-Jean, a fully restored historical monument, are the perfect embodiment, with their two footbridges, of the idea of building a connection between both shores of th...
The Mucem is interested in the contemporary aspects of European and Mediterranean civilizations. Its collections include more than 350,000 objects, as well as a large assortment of documents, comprising a total of a million works of art, documents and objects, an extraordinary treasure trove that is promoted by means of an ambitious programme of pe...
The museum’s goal is to promote Mediterranean heritage, take part in the creation of new exchanges in the region and, during this period of profound upheaval, help to lay the foundations for the Mediterranean world of tomorrow. In Marseille, the Mucem is a place where, on both a national and an international scale, people can come to gain a better ...
Jun 25, 2013 · Linked to the double-skinned J4 is the historic Fort Saint-Jean, which is reached by a suspended footbridge that reaches above the J4 and across the crystal Mediterranean Sea below.
Positioned overlooking the sea, on the J4 jetty, the building designed by Rudy Ricciotti forms the heart of the Mucem. This cube with its elegant concrete lacework forms a perfect square with sides of 72 metres. It is linked to the fort Saint-Jean by a footbridge suspended above the Mediterranean.
The esplanade J4 located between the fort Saint-Jean and the cathedral La Major, in edge of sea, it profits from a superb framework. The proximity of the Old Port, the A55 Littoral (and thus A51 North), and the A50 East via the Prado-Carénage tunnel makes it easily accessible.
The ‘Saint Jean Fort’ restored (15 000 sqm) is a historical monument that originally dates from the 12th century. Linked to the J4 by a footbridge, thrown above the sea, it allows the visitors to enjoy spectacular panoramas, invisible until then.
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The museum is built on reclaimed land at the entrance to the harbour, next to the site of the 17th-century Fort Saint-Jean and a former port terminal called the J4. A channel separates the new building and the Fort Saint-Jean, which has been restructured as part of the project.
