Discovering the Christian dior museum

A jewel in its setting: a place steeped in history

Nestling on the cliffs of Granville in Normandy’s Manche department, Christian DIOR’s birthplace, known as “Les Rhumbs”, is a heavenly setting where the famous designer spent part of his childhood.

The villa is set in a remarkable inspirational garden on the cliffside, facing the archipelago of the Chausey Islands, created by the couturier’s mother, Madeleine DIOR.

An extraordinary collection

This museum is a place of remembrance, evoking the atmosphere and lifestyle of the early 20th century. Several rooms, organised into showcases, display an impressive collection of costumes, sketches, photographs, perfumes and personal objects by Christian DIOR, as well as objets d’art, furniture and works by artists he supported.

Each year, a temporary exhibition is held on a theme related to the fashion created by the couturier and the haute couture house that bears his name.

Christian DIOR gardens: the perfect blend of nature and art!

These gardens are both a place of beauty and a source of inspiration, thanks to the diversity of the plants or the play of colours and shapes, where the delicacy of the flowers and the harmony of the spaces are showcased.

A garden of many moods, an invitation to discovery and meditation in which 4 themes can be discovered:

• The promenade garden: the paths are geometrically shaped and the structure of the flowerbeds is reminiscent of the fundamental principles of fashion. This first area evokes elegance and rigour.

• The villa garden: more evocative of the family spirit, with Mediterranean and aromatic plants.

• The inspiration garden: a wilder, freer space, with exotic plants and brightly coloured flowers.

• The perfume garden: a tribute to olfactory creations, this garden is populated with flowers that are at the origin of DIOR’s perfume creations.

This garden is a real place where visitors can soak up the many scents that went into creating the various perfumes such as Miss Dior and J’Adore.

But the garden is also a meeting place for design and fashion, with the shapes and colours of the plants and flowers providing inspiration for the designer’s haute couture collections.

The Christian Dior gardens are therefore a magical place, an immersion in a sensory and aesthetic universe where every patch of greenery, every flowerbed, every fragrance and every colour tells the story of the famous designer.