The museum is located on the exceptional site of the former Esnotz battery, which overlooks the town and opens onto the wide panorama of Saint-Pierre bay , dominated by Montagne Pelée. Founded in 1933 by vulcanologist Frank A. Perret, who witnessed the second sequence of eruptions in 1929, it is Martinique’s oldest museum. The Musée de France is dedicated to the eruption of Mount Pelée, taking a cultural approach to the catastrophe, highlighting the experience of the Martinican people and its worldwide repercussions.
