Maison & Laboratoire de Louis Pasteur

Open continuously in July and August from 9.30am to 6pm
Guided tours are at 9.45am - 10.45am - 11.45am - 2pm - 3pm - 4pm - 5pm. Duration of the guided tour: 45 min
The visit is possible in autonomy with an audio-guided tablet between the guided tours.

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), the inventor of the rabies vaccine, returned to Arbois during his lifetime. His house has been preserved intact. From the billiard room to the laboratory, you will enter the intimacy of the scientist. Garden. The house, recognised as a Maison des Illustres in 2013, belongs to the Jura Museums network.

Louis Pasteur's house in Arbois is an absolutely unique heritage site, still inhabited by the presence of the scientist. The house has been preserved as it was when Louis Pasteur lived in it and immerses the visitor in the life and work of the scientist.

Classified as a Historic Monument, Louis Pasteur's house in Arbois was awarded the "Maisons des Illustres" label by the Ministry of Culture and Communication in 2011, at the same time as the house in Dole.

Pasteur came back to this house in Arbois all his life, it is the only one he owned. Little remains of his father's modest tannery, where he spent his childhood, because Louis Pasteur transformed this house into his "Château de la Cuisance", and fitted it out to his taste. In this house, to which he returned every year, Pasteur combined business with pleasure: surrounded by his family and friends in the living room or in the dining room, he could devote himself to his research in his private laboratory. It was in Arbois that he carried out his work on fermentations and it was there that he developed the famous pasteurisation. Thanks to the experiments carried out in his vineyard in Montigny-les-Arsures, he was able to definitively challenge the belief in the spontaneous generation of micro-organisms.

From the billiard table to the bedroom, meet the scientist in the intimacy of this incredibly well-preserved house. Discover his personal laboratory, preserved intact and still inhabited by the soul of its illustrious owner and by the effervescence of his Jura experiments.

The site is not accessible to people with reduced mobility.

The house, recognised as a "Maison des Illustres" in 2013, belongs to the Jura Museums network.



Open every day from 5 February 2022 to 6 November 2022
February, March, April, October and November, the house is open from 2pm to 6pm
May, June and September: from 9.30am to 12.30pm and from 2pm to 6pm July and August: from 9.30am to 6pm
VISITS :
Possibility of self-guided tours with a digital tablet (within the limit of available tablets) or with audio content directly on your smartphone.
Download the audio tour and bring your headphones!
Audio tour in French
Dramatised tour (tablet) in French


Guided tours every day in May, June and September at 9.45am - 10.45am - 2.30pm - 3.30pm - 4.30pm
Guided tours every day in July and August at 9.45am - 10.45am - 11.45am - 2pm - 3pm - 4pm - 5pm
Reservation recommended on 03 84 66 11 72


Prices 2022
Full price: 7.00 euros
Reduced rates: 4.50 euros (10-18 years old), 6.50 euros (student / Pass Jura musée)
Coupled ticket Dole-Arbois: 10 euros
Family package: 20 euros
Free for children under 10 years old


During the health crisis, it is advisable to book