Conservation and Resource Center
13,000 m2 including 7,000 m2 of reserves
“Preserving and promoting collections: this dual responsibility is the foundation of the JRC’s activity”.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the Mucem Conservation and Resource Center (CCR), located in the Belle de Mai district and built by the architectural firm Corinne Vezzoni et associés.
Unlike traditional museum storerooms, the CCR is a showcase rather than a vault, with four areas open to the public: an artefact consultation room, a reading room for consulting archives, the library and documentation, an exhibition room, and the show apartment, a specially converted storeroom. The Mucem library, located in the CCR, offers the possibility of borrowing or consulting some 150,000 books and magazines on France, Europe and the Mediterranean.
Access
1 rue Clovis Hugues 13003 Marseille
By metro: lines 1 and 2- Gare St-Charles stop
By bus : line 49 (Belle de Mai La Friche stop) and line 56 (Pôle média or Archives municipales stop)
By streetcar: T2 – Longchamp stop
Other access points: Marseille Saint-Charles SNCF station – St-Charles bus station
More information on rtm.fr
Reservations and information
Spaces
The show apartment
Free admission upon registration every first Tuesday of the month, from 2 to 4 p.m.
By appointment from Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 2 to 5 p.m.
For all consultation requests, please allow 15 days.
Reading room (library)
Open Monday to Friday, 2pm to 5pm, and by appointment, 9am to 12:30pm.
Exceptional opening hours: 10am to 6pm on the weekend of the European Heritage Days.
Please bring proof of identity with you on your visit.
The showroom
The Centre de Conservation et de Ressources du Mucem (CCR) has a room reserved for atypical, experimental and innovative exhibitions, designed by curators who have “carte blanche” to take a fresh look at the museum’s collections.
Free admission Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.
Preserving, studying and promoting collections
View objects
At the Centre de Conservation et de Ressources du Mucem (CCR), a room is dedicated to the consultation of the collections of objects conserved by Mucem.
On prior request, the objects are made available by a steward, who is on hand to answer questions, help with handling the objects or direct visitors to the relevant documentation.
Depending on the nature of the request, an appointment can also be arranged with a member of the museum’s conservation staff.Consult documentary resources
The reading room of the Centre de Conservation et de Ressources du Mucem (CCR) provides access to the Mucem archives, library and documentation.
– The archives, comprising manuscript, printed, iconographic, sound and audiovisual collections, are invaluable sources for the study of ethnology, rural and urban societies, oral literature and the performing arts.
– The library specializes in ethnology and human sciences, with over 150,000 books and journals on France, Europe and the Mediterranean. The jewel in the crown is the collection of popular prints from the 17th and 18th centuries.
– You can also consult work files and thematic, geographic and professional documentary resources related to the Mucem’s scientific fields.
Apply for a work loan and deposit
Loans and deposits of Musem collections are part of the dynamic cooperation between national museums and cultural institutions throughout France and abroad. They are possible under certain conditions, subject to approval by the Museums of France Department.
Current and upcoming events at JRC
View full agenda- Free of charge
Visit the Mucem reserves
Until Tuesday, Apr 7, 2026
at 14h
The Conservation and Resource Centre
- Free of charge
Raoul Lala: Operation CCR
In ribambelle!
Guided tour with tablet for ages 7 and up
Mucem and puppets have a long history of love and collections! Guided by a fun application, children are invited to set off in search of Raoul Lala – Marseille’s most famous puppet – through the most secret corners of the reserves of the Centre de Conservation et de Ressources (CCR) de la Belle de Mai. We’ve even heard that some curious puppets will be coming out of their storerooms for the occasion… Design and production: LE M@RIOLABUntil Tuesday, Apr 21, 2026
The Conservation and Resource Centre
- Free of charge
Writing workshop
Independent sessions, but all placed under the aegis of memory.
Cheese moulds, animal skin costumes… can we make objects and traditions speak for themselves? What do they say about our relationship with time, our collective and individual memory? How can we write deeply, powerfully, towards the distant, from one small thing or another? The workshops are open to all, and will be adapted to each person’s wishes and abilities.Until Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025
at 10h30
The Conservation and Resource Centre & Le Centre de Conservation et de Ressources / Bibliothèque
