Musée du Petit Lourdes
Lourdes · Hautes-Pyrénées · Occitanie
The Museum of Petit Lourdes, located in Lourdes in the Hautes-Pyrénées, is a museum dedicated to the history of Bernadette Soubirous and the apparitions of 1858. The museum presents a reconstruction in actual masonry of the village of Lourdes in the nineteenth century, created on a 1/30th scale, featuring notably the Saint-Pierre church, the Grotto of Massabielle and a representation of the Basilica. This meticulous reconstruction was created by artist Georges Simonin, who devoted twenty-five years of work to it. Installed in an open-air garden of one thousand square meters, the museum offers an audio-guided tour available in eight languages, retracing Bernadette's life from her birth to her departure for Nevers. Petit Lourdes, open since 1954, celebrates its seventieth anniversary and remains a major heritage attraction of the Lourdes pilgrimage.
Practical information
Opening hours
Today · 09:00–18:30
See the rest of the week
- Monday
- 09:00–18:30
- Tuesday
- 09:00–18:30
- Wednesday
- 09:00–18:30
- Thursday
- 09:00–18:30
- Friday
- 09:00–18:30
- Saturday
- 09:00–18:30
Hours may vary by season. See current hours →
Address
68 Av. Peyramale
Phone number
+33 6 81 86 72 68Official website
musee-lourdes.frGoogle Maps
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Getting there
Nearest station
About 25 min walk from station Lourdes (or 5 min by car).
City
30 min by car from Tarbes.
Nearest station
About 25 min walk from station Lourdes (or 5 min by car).
Parking
On-site parking.
Reference city
30 min by car from Tarbes.
Distances and times calculated from © OpenStreetMap contributors data · calculated on 2 September 2026
Nearby
Galleries nearby: Galerie Pyréneos (16.9 km), omnibus (19.3 km).
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