Louis Pasteur was born in this house of Dole (43 Rue Pasteur) on December 27, 1822.
On July 14, 1883, a memorial tablet was unveiled on the facade of the house. Pasteur himself was present on the occasion and made a moving speech remembering his mother and father. That discourse is now also transcripted on a marble tablet inside the home-museum.
The house of Pasteur's family is now a museum devoted to the scientist's life and work: "Acquired in 1911 by the city, Pasteur's Native House, classified as Ancient Monument, was turned into a museum in 1923. Since 1927, the Native House has been under the care of La Société Des Amis De Pasteur, and today, after years of patient research and numerous gifts, the museum represents a unique documentary which recounts in a striking flashback Pasteur's life, familial environment, scientific works and posterity. In the museum there are gathered numerous personal belongings, a collection of his books, various documents and culture media which served his experiments. You will even find paintings by Pasteur. Fully renovated in 1995, for the celebration of the centennial of Pasteur's death, the museum proposes visitors an entirely new presentation of its collections"1.
On the back of the house there is a canal running along it. Pasteur's father was a tanner and needed a lot of water to work.
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