Musée Lapérouse
On the opposite bank of the Tarn from the bulk of Albi’s medieval core (take the Pont-Vieux), this museum tells the story of the Albigeois Jean-François de Lapérouse. Louis XVI was so impressed by the sea-faring captain that he sent him on a mission with two frigates and 225 sailors and scientists to map and chart the coastlines of Alaska, California, and China at a time of commercial rivalry with England over overseas colonies. In 1788 they reached the Salomon Islands, then vanished without trace. The museum tries to unravel the mystery.
On the opposite bank of the Tarn from the bulk of Albi’s medieval core (take the Pont-Vieux), this museum tells the story of the Albigeois Jean-François de Lapérouse. Louis XVI was so impressed by the sea-faring captain that he sent him on a mission with two frigates and 225 sailors and scientists to map and chart the coastlines of Alaska, California, and China at a time of commercial rivalry with England over overseas colonies. In 1788 they reached the Salomon Islands, then vanished without trace. The museum tries to unravel the mystery.
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