Eugène Boudin Museum

The Eugène-Boudin museum

The Honfleur audio-guided tour presents you with the Eugène-Boudin museum, set in a former nineteenth-century chapel, which gathers the most important collection linked to the Impressionists of Honfleur.

A local son, pioneer of Impressionism

Born in Honfleur in 1824, Eugène Boudin was one of the first painters to set up his easel in the open air, on the beaches and in the port, to capture the changing skies and the light of Normandy. It is he who introduced a young Claude Monet to this innovative approach: without Boudin, Impressionism as we know it might not have come into being. The museum, founded in 1868 by his friend Alexandre Dubourg and installed since 1924 in this former chapel, today gathers the most important collection of works linked to the Impressionists who stayed in Honfleur.

What there is to see

The Eugène-Boudin museum offers an immersion in the painting that made the fame of Honfleur, from Boudin's skies to the works of the Impressionist masters who came to capture the Normandy light. It is the essential address for art lovers, who understand there the founding role of the city and its painters in the birth of Impressionism.

Practical information

The Eugène-Boudin museum is in the centre of Honfleur, in a former chapel. It can be visited according to opening hours to be checked on site; access to the collections is generally subject to a charge.

Who was Eugène Boudin?

A painter born in Honfleur in 1824, a pioneer of open-air painting, who introduced Claude Monet and heralded Impressionism.

What does the Eugène-Boudin museum gather?

The most important collection of works linked to the Impressionist painters who stayed in Honfleur.