Spaces for understanding, sharing, and meeting
The Pasteur Institute of Lille is also a living placeopen to the city, where science, history, prevention and exchanges intersect.
Several spaces on campus embody this ambition: transmit knowledge, share a unique scientific heritage et create link.
The Pasteur Institute Museum in Lille
Open to the public every weekend (and during the week by reservation for groups), The Pasteur Institute Museum in Lille reflects the history of the Institute and its founders, but also the dynamic in which the foundation is involved today: many future projects and also new collaborations with the economic world, as illustrated by the sponsorship of Laboratoires Anios.
The visit is self-guided, with complete autonomy guided by the Wivisites application, a free audio guide on your smartphone.
The visitor route immerses visitors in the scientific epic of the Pasteur Institute of Lille, from its creation in 1894 to the foundations of modern research and prevention.
As the visit progresses, we discover:
- des period manuscripts,
- historical scientific instruments
- rare documents and objects
- le Albert Calmette's laboratory notebook,
- the reconstruction of his office,
- curiosities that bear witness to the beginnings of microbiology and the fight against major infectious diseases.
Each space allows for understanding the context of the discoveriesbut also to feel the audacity, rigor and commitment of the scientists who shaped the Institute.
Housed in the old apartments by Albert CalmetteIt was within these walls that he, along with the veterinarian Camille Guérin, discovered the Calmette's Bacillus and Guérin (BCG), the tuberculosis vaccine, the original strains of which are displayed in this museum. Louis Pasteur and Lille also represent the story of alcoholic fermentation, which the scientist discovered at the Faculty of Sciences in Lille when he was dean in 1854.
Blending elements of a cabinet of curiosities, a period laboratory, and digital installations, the museum reveals the mysteries of the Pasteur Institute of Lille and its founders. This contemporary design provides undeniable scientific outreach to all audiences.
Visitors are immersed in this museum as if in a fantasy world. They discover vials animated on video, a letter magically writing itself, a little mouse scurrying down the chimney, a scale that wobbles from side to side… A contemporary exhibition that resonates within this place steeped in history…
Take advantage of our museum to reserve a private space unique et HISTORY during your professional events (seminars, conferences, meetings)!
We offer a room with a capacity of 40 people maximum, allowing you to bring together your Teams, customers, partners,…
The museum consists of:
- 4 rooms tracing the history of the Pasteur Institute of Lille and the great discoveries of Louis Pasteur
- 1 room meeting room that can accommodate up to 40 people (Wifi, video projector, microphones, video conferencing, catering service on request).
Address: 18 Boulevard Louis XIV – 59000 Lille
Metro: Line 2, Lille Grand Palais stop
- Open to the public (no reservation required) → Saturday and Sunday: 10am – 12pm / 14pm – 17pm (closed on December 25th, January 1st and May 1st)
- Open for groups (by reservation) → Monday to Friday – Flat rate
- Privatization of the museum for companies, associations…
Full price: 6 €
Reduced price: €3 (ages 12-25, students, job seekers, people with disabilities)
Free: for children under 12 and City-Pass holders
Information / Reservations → 03 20 87 72 42 or by email: musee@pasteur-lille.fr
The museum in pictures
The 1894
A meeting place in the heart of the Pasteur Lille campus
Located in the heart of the campus, the 1894 is an emblematic place of the Pasteur Institute of Lille.
Conceived as a space open, friendly and unifyingIt hosts the highlights of campus life: meetings, events, professional exchanges and moments of sharing.
The 1894 issue embodies the spirit of Pasteur Lille: to foster dialogue between science, society and territories, in a warm and contemporary setting.
The 1894 building is home to:
- institutional events,
- professional meetings,
- time for discussion with partners,
- friendly gatherings open to the campus.
It's a link that fosters informal exchanges, the circulation of ideas and the meeting between the different audiences of the Institute.
1894 in pictures
Places dedicated to sharing and transmission
Through its various locations, the Pasteur Institute of Lille affirms its commitment to:
- share his scientific legacy,
- opening science to the widest possible audience,
- to create spaces for meeting and dialogue,
- to create a campus that is engaged, human and rooted in its local area.
