National Museum of the Marine Rochefort — Attraction in Rochefort

Visited here with my wife and two children (7yrs and 4yrs) when we had a day of bad weather. Struggled getting parked but eventually found a large car park in the centre of the town not too far away. The museum entrance fee includes entrance to the La Hermione and Musee Marine. The Hermione was very interesting, my two boys loved it. The ship itself is quite new however, it is built as a sea going replica so there are parts which are modern as per laws and regulations when building a new ship. You can only really see the first two decks, the rest is restricted as they are essentially crew quarters i believe. Most of the notices and information boards have english tranlsations.

The museum itself is quite interesting though is mainly shipbuilders models of the ships that were built there. You can get an English audio tour when you go in which is good. However I feel the museum has missed an opportunity the present the history of this bygone era. There was limited information of how the dockyard ran and who worked there. I would have liked to have had more around the history of the building itself, such as who worked there, what were their roles, famous persons from history who used the building, what did the rooms originally look like, etc.

Overall we enjoyed our visit and would recommend it to others, however I feel it only briefly touched on the history of the building and the area itself. I would suggest looking at Hartlepool Historic Quay to have an idea of what could have been included to give people a feel of it would have been like to live and breath...

Comment construire un navire de guerre à l’époque de la Marine à Voile ? Je savais que Louis XIV avait ordonné le premier recensement des chênes qui semblaient en voie de disparition. Puis il développa une politique de plantations, ce qui semble être une des toutes premières décisions politiques écologiques en France. Il fallait 4000 chênes pour construire un navire de guerre à l’époque de la Marine à Voile : cela explique ceci. Voilà un exemple parmi des centaines de ce que l’on peut découvrir en visitant ce musée. J’ai pris un billet groupé, Corderie Royale, visite libre de l’Hermione plus les ateliers, et le Musée de la Marine. Pour 21€, j’ai été satisfait des différentes découvertes que ces différents sites...

Joli musée avec beaucoup d'éléments à voir. En un peu plus d'une heure je n'ai pas pu finir la visite. L'audio guide me semble indispensable pour profiter pleinement du moment mais rallonge considérablement le temps de visite. J'ai apprécié les maquettes XXL et le charme d'un musée dans un lieu faisant parti de l'histoire. Seul bémol, le musée est extrêmement académique, voir austère pour certains. Il manque un ambition scénographique pour nous faire vivre l'instant. L'accent est mis sur les objets et non pas sur le récit de l' histoire. Cela manque aussi d'outil numérique pour rendre vivant l'instant et plonger le visiteur dans cette époque. Le personnel, enfin,...