Maison Rouget de Lisle (donation André Lançon)

The flat in which Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle was born in 1760, which has been much transformed since then, is located at 24 rue du Commerce. Two-thirds of it was donated by André Lançon to create a cultural centre dedicated to the author and his work, which was inaugurated in 1996. Since 2011, the museum has been awarded the "Maison des Illustres" label.

The documents and objects on display in the first room recall the biography of Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle: his origins and childhood, his studies and short military career, the writing of La Marseillaise, his artistic work (texts, music, etc.) and his last years spent between the Jura and the Paris region.

The second piece looks at the posterity of the man and the hymn, and the tributes paid to them over the past two centuries.

The third and final room houses one or more objects or works of art on a temporary basis: every year, it features an exceptional "guest" with a close connection to Rouget de Lisle and/or La Marseillaise.