Free visit of the Baron Martin Museum

Name: Visite libre du musée Baron Martin
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée Baron Martin

Discover a must-see museum!

17 et 18 septembre 2022Passé

Ville de Gray

The Baron Martin Museum of Art and Archaeology presents, in the rooms of the castle, a rich collection of works ranging from the Middle Ages to the beginning of the 20th century, among others Dutch and Flemish paintings of the 17th century, or works painted and sculpted in the 19th century…
The vaults present, for their part, an interesting collection of local archaeology. As for the castle floor, it is dedicated to temporary exhibitions that take place every year, during the summer.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand: Legacy, une vie de photographe réalisateur - Temporary exhibition to be discovered from May 7 to September 30, 2022

À propos du lieu

Musée Baron Martin

6 rue Edmond Pigalle, 70100 Gray

Haute-Saône
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Royal castle registers in a shadowy park complanté of broad-leaved, redeveloped in 1688 and 1783 in the taste of the pleasure houses and trifles the XVIIIth century giving a good place to intimacy and to taste of happiness. It shelters from major works - Butcher, Averkamp, Van Loo, Van Kessel, Smits, Tissot, Prud' hon, Oudry - as well as of the furniture and works of decorative art presented in a succession of 14 lounges(shows), libraries(bookcases), rooms(chambers) and toilets(offices); the archaeological collections are presented in basement which keep(preserve) two large parallel vaults testifying the space organisation of the medieval castle. On the first floor, a large zénithale gallery done up in 1913 receives on 2 302 m ² temporary exhibitions(exposures) which renew the incomparable charm of this place. The Castle, the tower, ramparts and the park are listed(classified) Historic monuments. The museum is labelled Museum of France.