Roubaix · Nord
La Piscine, Museum of Art and Industry
French name: La Piscine, musée d'art et d'industrie
Free one day a weekFree 1st SundayFree under 18
Free admission
- Free 1st SundayFree on the first Sunday of every monthPermanent collections only; temporary exhibitions remain paid.
- Free one day a weekFree every FridayFree Friday late opening, 18:00–20:00, permanent collections and temporary exhibitions.
- Free under 18Free every day for visitors under 18Covers the museum and the temporary exhibitions; proof required.
Address
23 rue de l'Espérance, 59100 Roubaix
Former Art Deco municipal swimming pool, built from 1927 to 1932 by the architect Albert Baert around a fifty-metre pool, converted into a museum by Jean-Paul Philippon and inaugurated in 2001. It brings together 19th- and 20th-century fine arts, textiles, fashion and ceramics, with works by Camille Claudel and Tamara de Lempicka.
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