• Potters who flourished in Varages, where they found water, clay and wood, starting from 1695 to make way for the potters. Beyond the artistic and historic character of the collection, with over a thousand pieces from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century, the museum focuses on the man, his history, his experience, his knowledge. He traces this tradition faience uninterrupted for over three centuries. The ground floor is devoted to pottery making techniques. While the floors evoke the artistic side and the evolution of pottery in the twentieth century.
• Every year on the second Sunday of August, the museum organizes a ceramics festival. Pottery market all day, raffle, and the afternoon workshop modeling for children (free).
• Hours :

• From September to June from Wednesday to Sunday from 14h to 17h (18h only in September and June). Weekly closing day: Monday and Tuesday.
• Every day except Monday and Tuesday mornings in July and August from 10h to 12h and 15h to 19h.
• Closed from December 23 to January 31, the first June weekend and the week before, on May 1st.

• Prices :

• Adult Individuals: 2,50 €.
• "Pass site" card: 2,00 €.
• Children (under 12): free.
• Groups: 2,50 € (free for a 20 fee).

• Address: Museum of Ceramics - House Gassendi - 12 Liberation Square - 83670 Varages.
• Tel / fax: +33 4 94 77 60 39.