A large French internment and deportation camp (1939-1942) still intact and accessible to the public, the Camp des Milles now houses a historical museum, with educational and cultural purposes.
The Camp des Milles, the only large French internment and deportation camp (1939-1942) still intact, is open to the public and houses a historical museum. The museum is dedicated to education and culture and bears witness to a dark part of French history.
A visit to the Camp des Milles, a few kilometers from Aix-en-Provence, is an experience like no other, and a unique opportunity to move forward and grow. This moving and poignant immersion in the troubled period of the Occupation is worth all the lectures, and has a strong pedagogical virtue around the values of citizenship, democracy and living together.
The soul of the place permeates each visitor, encouraging him or her to get involved in the face of racism, anti-Semitism and all forms of fanaticism, to show a reinforced vigilance and a new sense of responsibility.
Art has represented a salutary refuge in the face of horror. The Camp des Milles was the crucible of an important cultural creation. Many artists were interned there, such as Max Ernst, Hans Bellmer or Lion Feuchtwanger, and transformed this place of persecution and dehumanization into a real "artists' camp". More than 400 works of art were created there, some of which can still be seen on site.
The visit to the Camp des Milles is based on a 15,000 m2 tour, which hosts permanent exhibitions. More than 25 cultural events are organized each year on site: temporary exhibitions, films, debates, symposiums, conferences, plays, musical performances, workshops and forums give life to a cultural program open to all, young and old alike. A new museum space has been developed in partnership with the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum (Poland) and the Kaserne Dossin Museum (Belgium).
An essential place for understanding the mistakes of the past and learning not to repeat them, the Camp des Milles Memorial Site is part of the Unesco Chair program, which designates "a project and a team in a university or institution of higher education or research that works in partnership with UNESCO to advance knowledge and practice in a field of priority for both the institution and the Organization. Classified as a Historic Monument, it is one of the nine French "hauts lieux de mémoire".
The Camp des Milles is accessible to people with reduced mobility. Chairs are available free of charge at the site reception.
We recommend that you dress warmly for a visit in winter, as temperatures can be cool inside the Memorial Site.
Surface of the permanent exhibition : 4000
Temporary exhibition area: 200
Free parking in front of the memorial site
Free parking in front of the memorial site
A visit to the Camp des Milles, a few kilometers from Aix-en-Provence, is an experience like no other, and a unique opportunity to move forward and grow. This moving and poignant immersion in the troubled period of the Occupation is worth all the lectures, and has a strong pedagogical virtue around the values of citizenship, democracy and living together.
The soul of the place permeates each visitor, encouraging him or her to get involved in the face of racism, anti-Semitism and all forms of fanaticism, to show a reinforced vigilance and a new sense of responsibility.
Art has represented a salutary refuge in the face of horror. The Camp des Milles was the crucible of an important cultural creation. Many artists were interned there, such as Max Ernst, Hans Bellmer or Lion Feuchtwanger, and transformed this place of persecution and dehumanization into a real "artists' camp". More than 400 works of art were created there, some of which can still be seen on site.
The visit to the Camp des Milles is based on a 15,000 m2 tour, which hosts permanent exhibitions. More than 25 cultural events are organized each year on site: temporary exhibitions, films, debates, symposiums, conferences, plays, musical performances, workshops and forums give life to a cultural program open to all, young and old alike. A new museum space has been developed in partnership with the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum (Poland) and the Kaserne Dossin Museum (Belgium).
An essential place for understanding the mistakes of the past and learning not to repeat them, the Camp des Milles Memorial Site is part of the Unesco Chair program, which designates "a project and a team in a university or institution of higher education or research that works in partnership with UNESCO to advance knowledge and practice in a field of priority for both the institution and the Organization. Classified as a Historic Monument, it is one of the nine French "hauts lieux de mémoire".
The Camp des Milles is accessible to people with reduced mobility. Chairs are available free of charge at the site reception.
We recommend that you dress warmly for a visit in winter, as temperatures can be cool inside the Memorial Site.
Surface of the permanent exhibition : 4000
Temporary exhibition area: 200
Free parking in front of the memorial site
Free parking in front of the memorial site
Services
Services
Services offered
Quality standards
Quality standards
Guide Michelin
Guide Le Routard
Petit FûtéAccessibility
Accessibility
Accessible for self-propelled wheelchairs
Documentation available in Braille
Accepted customers
Accepted customers
- Home school groups
- Cycle 4: middle School
- Cycle 2: elementary School
- Special rate for jobseekers
- Groups
- Students
Openings
Openings
All year
All year
Monday
10:00 - 19:00
Tuesday
10:00 - 19:00
Wednesday
10:00 - 19:00
Thursday
10:00 - 19:00
Friday
10:00 - 19:00
Saturday
10:00 - 19:00
Sunday
10:00 - 19:00
Ticket office closes at 5.30 pm.
Location
Location
Contact Memorial Site of Les Milles Camp
- www.campdesmilles.org
Spoken languages
Spoken languages
Environment
Environment
- Close to a public transportation
- Bus stop < 500 m
