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Museum of Resistance and Deportation

Opening period

From 07/02 to 08/02/2026.

21/02/2026.

From 15/03/2026 to 02/01/2027 on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and weekends.

Closed exceptionally on January 1st, May 1st, November 11th and December 25th.

Language(s) spoken: English, French

Pets allowed: Non

Chiens guide, d'assistance ou d'éveil des visiteurs en situation de handicap acceptés, tenus en laisse. Animaux de compagnie refusés

Home school groupsSpecial rate for disabled peopleGroups

Adapted tours suitable for deaf and mute people and people with mental disorders are available, advance booking required. The street linking the museum and the public car park is on a 50m-long slope. The museum does not have a private car park, but it is possible to drop off in front of the museum.

From: 6 ans

Age max: 115 ans

Max. number of people: 60

Means of payment accepted

Bank/credit card

Check

Travellers Cheque

Cash

Pass’Région

Youth chequebook

Culture Pass

Rates

Full price: 8 €

Adult: 8 €

Reduced price: 4 €

Child: 0 €

Student: 4 €

Job seeker: 0 €

Person with a disability: 4 €

Group adults: 195 €

Group children: 80 to 150 €.

Free entry for children under 18, press, accompanying guides, the drivers, Job-seeker, the supervisors.

Group rate available for 10 people or more.

Hearing disability

Mental disability

Visual disability

Accessible for wheelchairs with assistance

Accessible for self-propelled wheelchairs

Reserved space 330 cm wide < 100 m from the site

Even flooring with no obstacles

Absence of protrusions > 2 cm

Minimum aisle width of 90 cm

Doors >=77 cm wide

Lift (80 x 130 cm) and door >= 77 cm

Reception desk between 70-80 cm high

WC + grab handle + adequate space to move

Site, building totally accessible

Possibility of drop-off in front of the site

Visual alarm with flash light

Magnetic loop available at the reception

Presence of pictograms and / or simplified visuals

Documentation available in Braille

Relief map, tactile model or audio device description available at the reception

Reception staff sensitized to the reception of people with disabilities

Housed in a 19th-century prison, the Museum of Resistance and Deportation is one of the region’s major museums about the Second World War. Please note that the museum is closed until 10th September 2017 for renovation works, making it more accessible to wheelchair users.

Located in a Maquis territory, in Nantua’s former prison, a town which received the Resistance Medal, the Museum of Resistance and Deportation of Ain will take you on a journey through a dark chapter of history.

The museum is due to reopen in 2017 following essential renovation and enlargement works, and will be much more accessible to visitors with reduced mobility. A completely redesigned tour route puts people at the very centre of the story. The new exhibition accentuates the suffering and the courage of men and women who experienced first-hand the events of World War II here in Ain, allowing us to understand the strategic challenges faced in the region during the war.

The museum was originally set up by an association, for the most part made up of former Maquisard Resistance fighters and relatives who donated a large part of the collection, and features one of the most extensive exhibitions in France on the subject.

Featuring reconstructions, animated maps, interactive displays, sensory objects, and much more, the new, innovative route is accessible to all and, with both a historical and a contemporary approach to the war, sheds light on this period in history while raising questions on the meaning of past events.