Musee Jean Couty

What Musee Jean Couty does

Musée Jean Couty is a private, non-profit art museum (Association du Musée Jean Couty, SIRET 823 706 148) inaugurated in March 2017 in Lyon's 9th arrondissement on the Île Barbe, near the family home and studio of French painter Jean Couty (1907–1991). Founded by Charles Couty, the artist's son, the institution preserves and exhibits Jean Couty's oeuvre — covering Lyon landscapes, Romanesque churches, portraits, and scenes of daily life — while hosting rotating temporary exhibitions of other modern and contemporary artists. The museum maintains an active programming calendar, currently featuring 'Jean Couty. Voyage en Italie' (through December 20, 2026) and two off-site exhibitions at Centre Westfield la Part-Dieu and l'Antiquaille.

The museum operates with a small team (approximately 5 employees) and runs on standard web infrastructure: a content-managed website at museejeancouty.fr with an integrated e-commerce boutique, and Paybox-handled card payments (Carte Bleue, Visa, Mastercard). Products and services comprise the permanent collection display, temporary exhibitions, guided group tours priced at €10–15 per person (or €150 flat for groups under 12), school group tours at €150/class, and an online boutique selling exhibition catalogues (€9.50–€100), monographs, DVDs (€18), posters, and postcards shipped within Europe. Pricing for on-site admission is €6 full / €4 reduced, with free entry for children under 12 and Lyon City Card holders.

Revenue derives from a diversified mix of small-ticket consumer transactions: individual museum admissions, group and school guided tours, on-site boutique sales, and European online boutique distribution. There is no B2B contract base, no disclosed sponsorship revenue, and no enterprise customer concentration. Distribution is direct-to-consumer through physical visitation (Wednesday–Sunday, 11h–18h) and the online storefront. The institution benefits from municipal support via the Ville de Lyon, including co-publication of catalogues and integration with the Lyon City Card.

Name

Musee Jean Couty

Legal name

ASSOCIATION DU MUSEE JEAN COUTY

Website

https://museejeancouty.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Musée Jean Couty is a private, non-profit art museum in Lyon founded in 2017 by Charles Couty to preserve and exhibit works of French painter Jean Couty, complemented by rotating temporary exhibitions, guided group tours, and an online boutique.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Art Museum

NAICS

Museums (71211), Museums (712110)

akta.pro primary industry

Art Museums (THAJADAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Art Galleries & Exhibition Spaces (Commercial & Nonprofit) (THAJADAH)

Keywords

• Art museum
• Figurative painting
• Temporary exhibitions
• Cultural heritage
• Guided group tours

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Museum admission fees: Revenue from ticket sales with various pricing tiers for full fare, reduced fare, and free admission categories
2. Boutique merchandise sales: Online boutique selling exhibition catalogs, books, DVDs, posters, and postcards related to Jean Couty and museum exhibitions
3. Guided tour fees: Revenue from guided group tours priced at 10€ per person for 1 hour or 15€ per person for 1.5 hours, with fixed rates for smaller groups

Pricing tiers

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Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Musée Jean Couty is a private art museum in Lyon that preserves and exhibits the complete works of French figurative painter Jean Couty (1907–1991), including thematic displays of Lyon landscapes, Romanesque churches, portraits, and scenes of daily life. It complements the permanent collection with rotating temporary exhibitions of other modern and contemporary artists, offers on-site guided group tours, and operates an online boutique selling catalogs, books, DVDs, posters, and postcards.

Product overview

Musée Jean Couty operates as a private art museum dedicated to Jean Couty (1907-1991), a major figure of 20th-century French figurative painting. The institution combines a permanent collection with rotating temporary exhibitions, an online boutique selling books/catalogues/DVDs/posters, and guided tour services. The museum's mission focuses on recognizing and rehabilitating French figurative painting from the second half of the 20th century, with a secondary objective of hosting exhibitions of other modern and contemporary artists. The online boutique complements the physical visitor experience by offering publications, reproductions, and documentary materials. Currently featuring the exhibition 'Voyage en Italie' showcasing over sixty works from the peninsula.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Musée Jean Couty Permanent Collection The permanent collection showcases the complete works of Jean Couty (1907–1991), a major figure of 20th-century French figurative painting, displayed through thematic exhibitions covering Lyon landscapes, Romanesque churches, construction sites, portraits, and scenes of daily life. Available to general public visitors Wednesday through Sunday.
• Temporary Exhibitions Rotating temporary exhibitions featuring both Jean Couty's works and other modern and contemporary artists, including past exhibitions such as Bernard Buffet et Jean Couty – Parcours croisés, Robert Doisneau portraits, Claude Venard, and the current Voyage en Italie exhibition (over sixty works from Italy journeys, running until December 20, 2026).
• Guided Group Tours Guided group visits in French offered in 1-hour (€10/person) or 1.5-hour (€15/person) formats for groups of 12–30 people, with a flat rate of €150 for groups under 12. School visits available at €150 per class for guided tours or €50 per class for self-guided visits (maximum 30 students plus accompanying adults).
• Online Boutique E-commerce platform selling books, exhibition catalogues, DVDs, posters, postcards, and lithographs covering Jean Couty's works, other artists featured at the museum, and art history publications. Operates exclusively with European delivery, with payments processed via Paybox (Carte Bleue, Visa, Mastercard).

Quantifiable outcome

• Current exhibition features over 60 works from Italy journeys

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Ville de LyonminorOthersThe City of Lyon supports the museum through various initiatives including the Lyon City Card partnership offering free admission to card holders. The city is also a co-publisher of certain exhibition catalogs.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Musée Bernard Buffet: Monographic museum in Surugue/Mishima, Japan dedicated to a single 20th-century French figurative painter. Closely comparable business model: single-artist museum, family-founded, modest scale, rotating exhibitions, and boutique merchandise sales.
• Musée Bonnard: Monographic museum in Le Cannet dedicated to Pierre Bonnard. Comparable as a small French regional museum dedicated to a single late-19th/20th-century painter, with rotating exhibitions and a curated boutique.
• Musée Maillol: Private Paris museum dedicated to sculptor Aristide Maillol, operating with admission fees, temporary exhibitions, and a boutique. Comparable as a privately operated monographic art museum with similar visitor experience and revenue model.
• Musée Gustave Moreau: Monographic Paris museum dedicated to Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau, located in his former studio. Comparable as a small, single-artist heritage museum with similar admission-based revenue model and curatorial depth around one artist's legacy.
• Musée Marmottan Monet: Paris museum housing the world's largest collection of Monet works, originally the artist's home. Comparable as a private museum anchored by a single artist's collection, offering ticketed admissions, temporary exhibitions, and a boutique.

Broad incumbents

• Musée Fabre: Major fine arts museum in Montpellier covering multiple artists and periods. Comparable as a French regional art museum competing for similar cultural-tourism audiences, though at significantly larger scale.
• Musée Granet: Art museum in Aix-en-Provence with broad collection including a significant 20th-century French section. Comparable as a French regional art museum with permanent collection plus temporary exhibitions and educational programming.
• Musée de l'Orangerie: Paris museum in the Tuileries housing Monet's Water Lilies and other impressionist works. Comparable as a mid-sized French art museum combining permanent monographic displays with temporary exhibitions and a gift shop.
• Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon: Lyon-based fine arts museum with a far broader collection spanning multiple periods and artists. Comparable as the dominant local institutional art museum competing for the same visitor pool, school groups, and tour-operator partnerships.

Regional players

• Musée de l'Impression sur Étoffes: Specialized museum in Mulhouse dedicated to textile printing. Comparable as a small French regional museum with a specialized curatorial theme, group tour programming, and a boutique selling themed merchandise.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Funding overview

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