TOBACCO MUSEUM
Museum with unique collections in Europe that retrace the saga of a plant with a universal and controversial destiny
The agricultural landscape of the Bergeracois has been strongly marked by the cultivation of tobacco. This Museum and its collections, unique in Europe, retrace the saga of a plant with a universal and controversial destiny: 3,000 years of history across all continents. Let's be clear, it is neither an instrument to promote tobacco, nor is it exclusively aimed at smokers! Tobacco is a plant born and used in America more than 3,000 years ago before conquering Africa and then the world. Man has consumed it in many ways, creating objects that reflect his know-how, imagination and creativity. Although it has been put in the dock in its current mode of consumption, it has nevertheless left its mark on all civilizations in sociological, economic, cultural, artistic and political terms. A first part is devoted to the discovery, with its uses and functions, of the history of 17th and 18th centuries in Europe. Another area is dedicated to the art of tobacco, with a collection of snuffboxes, pipes and about a hundred new pieces, from the recent Seita bequest, we can also discover the craftsmanship with machines such as the one from Dalloz. The third room houses a pipe-shaped amphitheatre seating thirty or so people, where very short films are shown. The Tobacco Museum is housed in the Maison Peyrarède, known as Château Henri IV. The architecture of this private mansion, built in the 17th century in the heart of the historic centre for a rich bourgeois family, bears witness to the transition from Renaissance to Classicism.
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