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The Maison de Japhet
Claude Martin’s museum.
A 16th-century house given to the town council, the Maison de Japhet housed the “museum” of the painter Henri Maurousel, then the historical museum of the Clairac area created by Claude Martin. [A] [B] [W7] The date of its creation varies according to the sources: 1966 according to the exhibition panel, the 1970s according to the Société des amis de Clairac. To be checked
In September 1978 descendants of Huguenot emigrants who had come to the gathering organised by Claude Martin visited the museum. The house still belongs to the town and awaits a new use. [W7]
The Maison de Japhet museum The creation of the museum
Sources
- [A] Exhibition panel “Claude Martin” (PDF, original document in French)
- [B] Société des amis de Clairac, Newsletter no. 1, May 2018 (PDF, original document in French)
- [W7] Société des amis de Clairac, « Vagabondage artistique » : « Maison de Japhet » (painting by Fernand Castex), accessed 5 October 2026: amisdeclairac.com