Museum · Saint-Paul
Musée historique de Villèle
Réunion's first site museum, housed in the former Panon-Desbassayns plantation estate. The visit takes in the masters' house and the collections linked to the Panon Desbassayns and de Villèle families, and places the estate within the history of slavery and the sugar economy.
Why it matters
Offers a critical, well-documented reading of Réunion's colonial society in the 18th and 19th centuries.
History
Réunion's first site museum, housed in the former Panon-Desbassayns plantation estate. The visit takes in the masters' house and the collections linked to the Panon Desbassayns and de Villèle families, and places the estate within the history of the plantation economy and slavery.
Sources (2)
- https://www.musee-villele.re/fr/parcours-de-visite
- https://www.departement974.fr/contacts?page=5
