In 1973 the association acquired a piece of land at Anse Turin in Le Carbet and became the Centre d'Art Musée Paul Gauguin.

[5] The museum also displayed a genealogy of Gauguin, reproductions of his letters to his wife and friends, copies of sketches, lithograph prints representing Martinique in the 19th century, and ceramics from Saint-Pierre before the 1902 Mont Pelée eruption.

In 2011 the "Communauté des Communes du Nord de la Martinique" decide to temporarily close the museum for upgrades.

[9] The center's goal is to educate visitors on the life and times of Paul Gauguin, his stay on the island and Martinican heritage of 19th century.

The Center also provides information about other Europeans on the island during Gauguin's stay, mainly the artist Charles Laval[10] and the writer Lafcadio Hearn.