The Château Pastré, formerly known as the Chateau de Montredon, is a nineteenth-century building in the suburb of Montredon to the south of Marseille, France. Originally the property of a wealthy merchant family, as of 2012, it housed the Faïence pottery museum, the Musée de la Faïence de Marseille. The grounds of the chateau are a public park.
Southern facade
Campagne Pastré
Interior of the Faïence Museum
Musée de la Faïence de Marseille
The Musée de la Faïence de Marseille was a museum in southern Marseille, France, dedicated to faience, a type of pottery. It opened to the public in June 1995, in Château Pastré at 157, Avenue de Montredon 13008 Marseille. It closed on 31 December 2012, to allow for the transfer of its collections to the new faience museum at Château Borély, the Museum of the Decorative Arts, Fashion and Ceramics, as part of preparations for Marseille becoming the European Capital of Culture in 2013.
Musée de la Faïence de Marseille
Interior of the museum
Pharmacy vase
Mascaron