--- title: "Musée Magnin, Dijon: Free Collection in a 17th-Century Home" description: "About 1,700 works collected by Jeanne and Maurice Magnin, shown as a private home. Permanent collection free, closed Mondays. Driver from Beaune." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/musee-magnin lang: en updated: 2026-09-30 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/things-to-do/musee-magnin.png --- # Magnin Museum (Musée national Magnin) > Magnin Museum: a brother and sister's art collection, shown as a private home in a 17th-century mansion. Magnin Museum is in Dijon (Côte-d'Or), 44 min by road (48 km) from Beaune. Allow about 1 hour · UNESCO World Heritage · Private driver from Beaune: €120 one way for the whole car, up to 4 guests. The Musée Magnin is a national museum in the Hôtel Lantin, a 17th-century town house near the ducal palace. It shows the collection of Jeanne and Maurice Magnin, a sister and brother who bought some 1,700 paintings, drawings and small sculptures over fifty years. Entry to the permanent collection is free. ## Key facts - Type: Museums - Location: 35 km north-east of Beaune · Côte-d'Or - Coordinates: 47.3209, 5.0422 - 44 min from Beaune - Allow about 1 hour - UNESCO World Heritage - Where: [Dijon · Côte-d'Or](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/dijon) - Official website: [musee-magnin.fr](https://musee-magnin.fr/) - From Beaune: ≈ 44 min · 48 km - €120 one way from Beaune with a [private driver](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) - Or add it to our [full-day wine tour, €560](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/full-day). ## Getting there - [Private driver from Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver): 44 min by road (48 km), €120 one way for the whole car. Coming by train or plane? [Transfers from stations and airports](https://www.cote-privee.com/transfers) Estimates per vehicle for up to 4 guests, tolls included. Your price is confirmed when you book. ## History Étienne Lantin, a counsellor at Burgundy's Chambre des comptes, inherited the land in 1652, and construction is documented from 1663. The plot was too cramped for the usual layout between courtyard and garden, so the unknown architect, perhaps to compensate, created a monumental staircase beneath a stucco dome. Jean-Hugues Magnin bought the house in 1829, and his grandchildren Maurice and Jeanne grew up here before the family moved to Paris. Jeanne Magnin, a painter and art writer, and her brother Maurice, a senior official at the Cour des comptes, bought mostly at auction, on a deliberately limited budget. They favoured lesser-known masters and unfashionable schools. The architect Auguste Perret turned the outbuildings into galleries in 1930 and 1931, and Maurice left the whole collection to the French state at his death in 1939. ## What you will see Walk through rooms furnished like a home, with paintings hung close together in the 19th-century manner and no explanatory labels, as the Magnins wished. The French, Italian and Northern schools are kept strictly apart. Look for works by Eustache Le Sueur and Laurent de La Hyre, and for the anonymous Young Girl with a Jet Necklace, one of the finest portraits here. ## Planning your visit Entry to the permanent collection is free, and some temporary exhibitions are charged. The museum is closed on Mondays. In hot weather some rooms may be closed, and only part of the building is accessible to visitors with reduced mobility. Guided tours in English run on some dates. Check the official website for opening times. ## Did you know? The Magnins never owned a Titian or a Tintoretto. Instead they bought works by artists from those masters' circles, turning a modest budget into a lesson in looking beyond famous names. ## Around Magnin Museum What to combine with Magnin Museum on the same day, nearest first. ### Villages - [Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/dijon) (1 km away): Burgundy's historic capital, city of the Valois dukes and northern gateway to the Route des Grands Crus. - [Marsannay-la-Côte](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/marsannay-la-cote) (7 km away): Gateway to the Côte de Nuits and Burgundy's only village appellation making red, white and rosé. - [Fixin](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/fixin) (10 km away): A quiet wine village with Napoleon in the woods, a Romanesque church in the vines and firm reds. ### Châteaux - [Château de Montmusard](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-montmusard) (1 km away): The surviving wing of a daring neoclassical pleasure house designed by Charles De Wailly. - [Château de Fontaine-lès-Dijon (Maison natale de saint Bernard)](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-fontaine-les-dijon), 3 km away: The hilltop birthplace of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, overlooking Dijon. - [Château de Marsannay](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-marsannay) (7 km away): A modern wine château at the northern gateway to the Côte de Nuits. ### Things to do - [Palais de justice de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/palais-de-justice-parlement-de-bourgogne-dijon) (1 km away): The 16th-century home of the Parliament of Burgundy, now the court of appeal, with a gilded chamber and a great vaulted hall. - [Place de la Libération](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/place-de-la-liberation-dijon) (1 km away): Dijon's half-moon royal square, laid out by Louis XIV's architect in front of the Palace of the Dukes. - [Dijon Fine Arts Museum (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon)](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/musee-des-beaux-arts-dijon), 1 km away: One of the oldest museums in France, home to the tombs of the Valois dukes of Burgundy. ### Restaurants - [Loiseau des Ducs](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/loiseau-des-ducs-dijon) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): The Loiseau signature in Dijon, served beneath the vaults of a sixteenth-century mansion - [La Maison des Cariatides](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/la-maison-des-cariatides-dijon) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A chef couple from Le Bristol regains a star behind one of Dijon's most ornate Renaissance façades - [CIBO](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/cibo-dijon) (1 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A starred table in old Dijon that sources everything within 200 kilometres ### Events - **Saturday, 10 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Show les papilles](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/show-les-papilles-dijon): Dijon's free festival of taste at the Cité internationale de la gastronomie et du vin. (Food & markets · Dijon) - **Sunday, 11 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Marathon des Grands Crus](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/marathon-des-grands-crus): A marathon on the closed Route des Grands Crus, from Dijon to the Clos de Vougeot and back. (Sport · Dijon) - **Friday 23 – Sunday 25 October 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Salon des Vignerons Indépendants de Bourgogne et du Jura](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/salon-vignerons-independants-dijon): Some sixty independent growers from Burgundy and the Jura pour and sell their wines in Dijon. (Wine festival · Dijon) - **Saturday 31 October – Wednesday 11 November 2026 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Foire internationale et gastronomique de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/foire-gastronomique-dijon): Burgundy's great food fair, held every autumn in Dijon since 1921. (Food & markets · Dijon) - **Usually from the last Saturday of November to the first Sunday of January.** · [Les Fééries de Noël de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/feeries-de-noel-dijon): Chalets, vin chaud, an ice rink and a big wheel across the heart of Dijon. (Christmas · Dijon) - **Usually from late November to early December.** · [Les Nuits d’Orient et d’ailleurs](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/nuits-d-orient-et-d-ailleurs-dijon): Dijon's winter festival of music, dance and art from the Orient and beyond. (Culture · Dijon) - **Each year on the weekend after the Saint-Vincent Tournante, usually a Saturday in late January or early February.** · [Saint-Vincent de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/saint-vincent-de-dijon): Dijon honours the patron saint of winegrowers with a parade and a tasting village. (Tradition · Dijon) - **Usually a weekend in early June.** · [Grand Prix de l’Âge d’Or](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/grand-prix-age-d-or-dijon-prenois): France's oldest historic motor racing meeting, on the hills just outside Dijon. (Sport · Prenois) - **Every Sunday from late June to late September.** · [Le Brunch des Halles](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/brunch-des-halles-dijon): Summer Sunday brunches cooked by local chefs under Dijon's iron market hall. (Food & markets · Dijon) - **Every two years, in even-numbered years; recent editions were held in early July. The next is expected in 2028.** · [Les Fêtes de la Vigne de Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fetes-de-la-vigne-dijon): Dijon's international folk festival, born in 1946 and held every two years. (Culture · Dijon) - **Friday 27 – Sunday 29 August 2027 (Confirmed by the organiser)** · [Golden Coast Festival](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/golden-coast-festival-dijon): Three days of French and international rap in a park on the edge of Dijon. (Music · Dijon) - **Usually a Sunday in mid September.** · [Vélotour Dijon](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/velotour-dijon): A playful bike ride through Dijon that opens places normally closed to cyclists. (Sport · Dijon) - **Usually the third weekend of September, during the European Heritage Days.** · [Fête de la Pressée](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/fete-de-la-pressee-chenove): The dukes' giant wine presses come back to life in Chenôve's old village. (Tradition · Chenôve) - **Usually the last days of September and the first days of October.** · [Tribu Festival](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/tribu-festival-dijon): Dijon's festival of world music, jazz and adventurous sounds, at the turn of October. (Music · Dijon) ## Questions about Magnin Museum ### How far is Magnin Museum from Beaune? Magnin Museum is about 44 min from Beaune by road (48 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €120 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. ### How long does a visit to Magnin Museum take? For the visit, allow about 1 hour. ### When is Magnin Museum open? Opening days and times change during the year, so check the official website (musee-magnin.fr) before you go. Your driver can plan the day around them. ### Is Magnin Museum a UNESCO World Heritage site? Yes. Magnin Museum is part of a site inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. ### Can a private driver take us to Magnin Museum? Yes. Your driver collects you in Beaune or at your hotel in an electric Polestar 2 (up to 4 guests), waits while you visit and plans the rest of the day with you. The driver speaks English, French, Mandarin Chinese and Arabic. → [Full-day wine tour, €560](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/full-day) ## Book - [Book a driver here](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=driver&place=sight:museemagnin): €120 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - - - --- Canonical page: