Discovery of the library(bookcase) of the Company Philomathique and presentation(display) of old(former) works

Name: Discovery of the library(bookcase) of the Company Philomathique and presentation(display) of old(former) works
Start: 2018-09-15T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2018-09-15T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Musée de la Princerie

The members of the Company Philomathique will make discover a part(party) of their bottoms and different unusual documents.

Saturday 15 September 2018, 14:00, 16:00Passed

Conditions

Free, limited to 15 people by session

Registration

philomathiqueverdun@yahoo.com

Sonia Rousseau-Ville de Verdun

The origin of the Museum of Princerie is intrinsically bound(connected) to the activity of a company(society) of local erudite persons, the Philomathique company, based(established) in 1822 by Hubert Lucas, professor of sciences to the middle school(college) of Verdun. First " public cabinet(office) " of natural history, devoted to geology, botany, paleontology and fauna(crowd), the Philomathique company is going to enlarge little by little and concentrates its researches(searches) on history(story), principally local, as majority erudite companies(societies) of the XIXth century. The fund(collection) of works of the Company(Society) is always kept(preserved) to the Museum of Princerie.

About the location

Musée de la Princerie

16 rue de la Belle Vierge, 55100 Verdun

Meuse
Grand Est

This mansion of the XVIth century shelters the art museum and museum of History(Story) of the city of Verdun since 1932\. The presented collections are rich and various and allow to discover the history(story) of the region since the Prehistory till the beginning of the XXth century: archaeological objects, medieval sculptor, works of the painters Jules Bastien-Lepage and Hector Leroux, traditional furniture, ceramics, taques fireplace and militaria give rhythm to the route(course) of visit. The garden, dominated by a hundred-year-old maple, evokes the romantic spirit of the XIXth century.