Valréas

Cardboard and Printing Museum

Cardboard and Printing Museum@Conseil Départemental de Vaucluse

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This County Museum, unique in France, tells the story of the production and printing methods used for cardboard packaging in cardboard capital Valréas, from the mid-19th Century to the present.

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Learn all about the famous 'draft' boxes invented for trade in the silkworm business, as well as cardboard packaging for the perfume industry, pharmacy, jewellery, and confectionary, lithographs, and reproduction of a printing workshop. Come and discover an industry which enjoyed worldwide fame in the early 20th century, and which still thrives today.

Every year, there is a new temporary exhibition. The museum also has a bookshop and gift shop.

Free entry for disabled persons and under 18's.

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Equipment

Film room
Parking nearby
Meeting room
Defibrillator
Exhibition space
Toilets

Services

Coach access
Shop
Set down on-site for groups
Wi-fi
Tourist brochures
Tourist information
Guided tours

Dates and times

From 01/01 to 31/03/2026 closed daily.
Closed exceptionally on January 1st.

From 01/04 to 30/09/2026 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday between 10 am and 1 pm and between 2.30 pm and 6 pm. Closed on Monday and Sunday.
Closed exceptionally on May 1st.

From 17/10 to 01/11/2026 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday between 2 pm and 5 pm. On Sunday. Closed on Monday.

From 02/11 to 31/12/2026 closed daily.
Closed exceptionally on December 25th.

Languages spoken

English
Spanish
French

Prices

Adult: 7 €
Reduced price: 4 €
Student: 4 €
Large family: 4 €
Group adults: 5 €
Set price group adults: 3 €
Set price group children: 25 €.

Free entry for children under 18, accompanying guides, the drivers, people with reduced mobility.
Group rate available for 10 people or more.

Free of charge: Vauclusiens (residents of Vaucluse) with proof of less than 3 months' residence, recipients of minimum social benefits.
Free for all on the 1st Sunday of each month.

Methods of payment

Check
Cash
Bank/credit card

Contact

Cardboard and Printing Museum
3 avenue Maréchal Foch
84600 Valréas

Tel : View number 04 90 35 58 75
E-Mail : Afficher le mail musee-cartonnage-imp@vaucluse.fr
Website : https://www.vaucluse.fr/nos-territoires/culture-patrimoine-et-tourisme-en-vaucluse/les-musees-departementaux/le-musee-du-cartonnage-et-de-limprimerie-a-valreas-867.html
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/MuseeCartonnageImprimerie

Coordinates

Longitude : 4.98746
Latitude : 44.382666

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Musée du Cartonnage et de l'Imprimerie

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This page was produced with the help of theOffice de Tourisme Communautaire Pays de Grignan et Enclave des Papes