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Archaeological museum, Art museum in Auvergne, France
Musée Crozatier
Façade of the Musée Crozatier
Established1868
LocationPuy-en-Velay, Auvergne, France
TypeArchaeological museum, Art museum
Visitors19,101 (2007)

The Musée Crozatier is a museum in Le Puy-en-Velay in the French Auvergne. Inaugurated in 1868, its collection comprises art and archaeological artifacts from Velay and the Haute-Loire region. The museum has undergone a major renovation from 2010 to 2018 (re opening in July 2018).

Collection

The diversity of the museum's collections (painting, sculpture, graphic arts, works of art, archaeology, natural history, mechanics, crafts, lace) allows a discovery of the history of Velay and "an overview of art and sciences," through 4 galleries: historical, fine arts, scientific and local crafts.

See also

References

  1. ^ Veille Info Tourisme: Fréquentation des musées en France en 2007 (par région et département), p. 109 Archived 2011-01-03 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  2. ^ Vibert, Jean-Baptiste-Maxime Auteur du texte (1872). Musée du Puy. Catalogue de la section des beaux-arts. Peinture, dessin, gravure et sculpture. Par M. Vibert,... (in French).
  3. ^ Gérard Rivollier (2015-11-25). "Musée Crozatier du Puy-en-Velay : un peintre au sommet!". France 3 Auvergne. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  4. ^ Le musée Crozatier au Puy-en-Velay, Archéologia, Hors-série n°22, 2018

External links

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