Guided Tour

Visit the show apartment

The Mucem reserves

Conservation and Resource Center - Mucem - 2025 © Maxime Verret - Mucem
Conservation and Resource Center - Mucem - 2025 © Maxime Verret - Mucem

Mucem has a reserve specially designed and conceived for visitors.

Located in the Centre de Conservation et de Ressources du Mucem in the Belle de Mai district, this 800 m2 show apartment offers a sample of the collections held by Mucem, featuring objects of different periods, geographical origins, dimensions, etc.

It also presents a sample of the storage systems and methods used to preserve collections in reserve.

Practical information

Please bring proof of identity with you on your visit.
A checkroom is available for luggage and bulky items.
Photographs inside the storerooms are not permitted.

How do I get there?

1, rue Clovis Hugues 13003 Marseille
Bus: line 49 (Belle de Mai La Friche stop) and line 56 (Pôle média or Archives municipales stop)
Metro: lines 1 and 2 – Gare St-Charles stop
Tramway: T2-Longchamp stop

What is a show apartment?

  • An illustrated exploration of the collections in storage

    Take a behind-the-scenes look at the Mucem, a comic exploration by Lisa Lugrin, Léa Djeziri, Lisa Mandel, Lucile Gautier, Élodie Durand, Pauline Jaballah and Vincent Jamin.

  • Virtual tour

    The show apartment, as if you were there: discover the reconstruction on Google Arts & Culture.

Mucem has a reserve specially designed and conceived for visitors.

Conservation and Resource Center - Mucem - 2025 © Maxime Verret - Mucem
Conservation and Resource Center - Mucem - 2025 © Maxime Verret - Mucem

Located in the Centre de Conservation et de Ressources du Mucem in the Belle de Mai district, this 800 m2 show apartment offers a sample of the collections held by Mucem, featuring objects of different periods, geographical origins, dimensions, etc.

It also presents a sample of the storage systems and methods used to preserve collections in reserve.

Practical information

Please bring proof of identity with you on your visit.
A checkroom is available for luggage and bulky items.
Photographs inside the storerooms are not permitted.

How do I get there?

1, rue Clovis Hugues 13003 Marseille
Bus: line 49 (Belle de Mai La Friche stop) and line 56 (Pôle média or Archives municipales stop)
Metro: lines 1 and 2 – Gare St-Charles stop
Tramway: T2-Longchamp stop

What is a show apartment?

  • An illustrated exploration of the collections in storage

    Take a behind-the-scenes look at the Mucem, a comic exploration by Lisa Lugrin, Léa Djeziri, Lisa Mandel, Lucile Gautier, Élodie Durand, Pauline Jaballah and Vincent Jamin.

  • Virtual tour

    The show apartment, as if you were there: discover the reconstruction on Google Arts & Culture.