The Musée de la Faïence de Marseille is a museum in southern Marseille, France, dedicated to faience, a type of pottery.
It opened to the public in June 1995 in the Château Pastré at 157, avenue de Montredon 13008 Marseille.
It is planned to transfer the faience museum to the Château Borély, which will also hold the planned Museum of Decorative Arts and Fashion,
as part of preparations for Marseille becoming the European cultural capital in 2013.The museum is housed in the magnificent nineteenth century building named after its former owner Eugène Pastré .
The chateau is at the end of a long avenue in the 120 hectares Campagne Pastré park, owned by the city of Marseille.
