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Origin and history

The Limoges Resistance Museum, officially renamed in 2012 (replaced as the Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation Henri-Chadourne), is a municipal institution dedicated to the memory of the Second World War. It was completely renovated between 2009 and 2012, with the addition of 1,200 m2 of space dedicated to permanent collections, temporary exhibitions, a teaching room and a documentation centre. This work was part of a political will to modernize the city's museums, focusing on the local history of the Resistance, the Occupation and deportation in Limousin.

The museum is housed in the former convent of the Sisters of Providence, built from the seventeenth century and expanded in the eighteenth century by architect Joseph Brousseau. Located in the historical district of La Cité, at the foot of Saint-Étienne Cathedral, this building with religious architecture marks the urban landscape of Limoges. Its reconversion into a museum bears witness to a reappropriation of heritage in the service of historical transmission, while preserving the traces of its conventual origin.

The museum's collections specifically cover the period of the Second World War, with a regional focus on Limousin. They illustrate the actions of the local Resistance, the conditions of the German occupation and the journeys of the deportees, through documents, objects and testimonies. The educational vocation of the place is reinforced by spaces dedicated to school audiences and researchers, via its on-site documentation centre.

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