Musée des Beaux-arts et d'Archéologie, Museum d'Histoire naturelle
61 rue de la Cité, 10000 Troyes
The old(former) abbey, built in the XVIIth and XVIIIth century s., shelters the museum of Fine Arts, of regional archaeology and the Museum. Fine Arts: a panorama of French and European art. The painting(paint) gathers(combines) Giotto's key works, Spranger, Vasari, Champaigne, Bellotto, Watteau, Butcher, Fragonard, David as well as exceptional set(group) of Natoire. The sculpture reveals the wealth of the monumental art of Middle Ages until modern time(period) (gargoyles and capitals(big tops), princely and royal statues). The artists native to the Champagne are in honour and among the most famous, Precious and Girardon for Big(Great) Century and Simart, Dubois, Butcher, Franceschi there for the XIXth century. Regional Archaeology: first palaeolithic populatings till the beginning of Middle Ages, of Stone Age (dolmen of Frécul) via(including) the age of metals (remarkable Celtic time(period): grave with tank of Bouranton, golden(in gold) bracelet of Molesmes), then the roman time (Apollo de Vaupoisson, domus of Chaillouet) up to High Middle Ages (treasure of Pouan). Natural sciences: an unique(only) Museum in Champagne-Ardenne. Focus on local fauna(crowd): mammals (otter, lynx, wildcat) and visible birds around the natural lakes of the forest of East (ash crane, black stork). Geology: rocks, minerals, fossil flora and fauna of the basement aubois. Rare collection of meteorites of world. Photo: Hébé / Hébé was sculpted after 1868 by Jules Franceschi. This group stages Hébé, personification of youth in the Greco-Roman mythology, tightening(stretching out) a cup(cutting) of a hand at the divine eagle, the head of other one of which it caresses(cherishes).
Tags
Édifice religieux, Musée, salle d'exposition, Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire, Monument historique, Musée de France
Access
Entered by the garden
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