Hôtel Dubocage de Bléville
Museums and places to visitThe Hôtel Dubocage de Bléville museum, located in the heart of the Saint François quarter of the city, was built in the 16th century by the Italian architect Jérôme Bellarmato at the request of François I. It was once owned by the navigator Michel Joseph Dubocage de Bléville (1676-1727). Dubocage de Bléville is famous for having taken part in a major commercial voyage to the Pacific Ocean via Cape Horn between 1707 and 1716.
Contact
1 rue Jérôme Bellarmato
76600 LE HAVRE
02 79 92 77 70
mah@lehavre.fr
https://www.musees-mah-lehavre.fr/
On 23rd August 1716, after a nine-year expedition, the ship La Découverte arrived in Le Havre with its hold full of silverware and raw silver.
Wealthier after this expedition, he bought a townhouse which is now known as the Dubocage de Bléville Mansion. After improving and extending it, he settled there with his son and set up a maritime trade company and a cabinet of curiosities.
It comprises two remarkable adjoining buildings dating back to the 17th century. One is a half-timbered building covered in slate, the other one is made out of brick and black flint. At the back, Rue de Percanville, a detached brick building from the 17th century used to house one of the shops of the Dubocage de Bléville's trade company.
Visitors can have a walk around the different rooms on the ground floor and first floor of the house. On the ground floor, permanent exhibitions regularly make way for temporary exhibitions about the history of Le Havre. On the first floor a room is dedicated to Michel-Joseph Dubocage de Bléville and his son.
Opening time
Du 1er avril au 31 octobre inclus : De 10h à 12h30 et de 13h45 à 18h, tous les jours (sauf le mardi, les 1er et 8 mai et 14 juillet) Du 1er novembre au 31 mars inclus : De 10h30 à 12h30 et de 13h45 à 17h30, tous les jours (sauf le mardi, les 11 novembre, 25 décembre et 1er janvier)Hôtel Dubocage de Bléville
The Hôtel Dubocage de Bléville is one of the most important private properties in the Saint-François district in the 17th and 18th centuries. It belonged to the navigator and merchant Michel Joseph Dubocage (1676-1727) and his son Michel Joseph Dubocage de Bléville (1707-1756), a naturalist historian and alderman of the city of Le Havre.
The Dubocage de Bléville Mansion Museum, located in the heart of the Saint François neighbourhood designed in the 16th century by the Italian architect Jérôme Bellarmato at the request of King Francis I, was the property of the merchant seaman Michel Joseph Dubocage de Bléville (1676-1727). He distinguished himself by taking part in an important expedition to the Pacific Ocean sailing round Cape Horn between 1707 and 1716. During this expedition, on Friday 3rd April 1711, on board the ship La Découverte, he discovered Passion Island off the coast of Mexico, which was later renamed Clipperton Island by the British. His voyage then took him to China, more precisely Amoy (known today as Xiamen) where he negotiated one of the first trade treaties between France and China.On 23rd August 1716, after a nine-year expedition, the ship La Découverte arrived in Le Havre with its hold full of silverware and raw silver.
Wealthier after this expedition, he bought a townhouse which is now known as the Dubocage de Bléville Mansion. After improving and extending it, he settled there with his son and set up a maritime trade company and a cabinet of curiosities.
It comprises two remarkable adjoining buildings dating back to the 17th century. One is a half-timbered building covered in slate, the other one is made out of brick and black flint. At the back, Rue de Percanville, a detached brick building from the 17th century used to house one of the shops of the Dubocage de Bléville's trade company.
Visitors can have a walk around the different rooms on the ground floor and first floor of the house. On the ground floor, permanent exhibitions regularly make way for temporary exhibitions about the history of Le Havre. On the first floor a room is dedicated to Michel-Joseph Dubocage de Bléville and his son.