Visit to the headquarters of the Academy

Name: Visit to the headquarters of the Academy
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Académie d’Orléans Agriculture, Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts

Visit the Academy, heiress of the learned societies of the eighteenth century, comprising three sections: Agriculture, Sciences, Belles-Lettres and Arts.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

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About the location

Académie d’Orléans Agriculture, Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts

5 rue Antoine-Petit 45000 Orléans

Loiret
Centre-Val de Loire

The Académie d'Orléans Agriculture, Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts is the heir of learned societies existing in the 18th century. The seat of the Academy resides in a house made available to it by the municipality since 1809\. In the sixteenth century, it was the «Maison des Apothicaires» before the College of Surgeons moved there in the eighteenth century and Antoine Petit established there the office of free medical consultation for the indigents, An organization he founded and which the Revolution suppressed. Its 60 members include leading-edge scientific researchers, authors and recognized artists, as well as lawyers, engineers and judges. It is a microcosm and a melting pot, a reflection of the intellectual activity of the city and the department.