Louis de Funès museum to be reborn in France

Three years after the closing of a first museum dedicated to the French actor, another will open its doors on July 31st in Saint Raphael, in the Var.

In the immediate vicinity of Saint-Tropez, where he played the famous policeman Cruchot, a museum dedicated to Louis de Funès will open its doors on July 31 in Saint-Raphael, in the Var, announced Wednesday in Paris the family of the actor and mayor of the municipality, according to Tellerreport.com.

Over 400 m2, the museum will bring together the collection of the family of Louis de Funès and memories brought together by Charles and Roselyne Duringer, who created and animated a first museum between 2014 and 2016 in the former castle of the actor in Cellier, near Nantes. This first associative museum was forced to close its doors two years after its opening, for lack of the means to buy the walls. The castle is no longer in the family of Funès since 1986.

"When the Cellier Museum closed, our family received many messages from people who were disappointed that no place in France was dedicated to my grandfather, and in his image, this new museum would be elegant, intelligent and entertaining. The wish of thousands of French and the family will materialize, "said Julia de Funès, granddaughter of the actor.