Exhibition: «Audun-Longwy de la Faïence commune à la Faïence d'art»

Name: Exhibition: «Audun-Longwy de la Faïence commune à la Faïence d'art»
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Musée Archéologique

Villeroy & Boch Earthenware was founded in Audun-le-Tiche. Did you know? Discover the odyssey of earthenware and ceramicists who have made our regional history.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free. Free entrance.

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Villeroy & Boch Earthenware was founded in Audun-le-Tiche. Did you know? Discover the odyssey of earthenware and ceramicists who have made our regional history.

With this exhibition, discover the earthenware history of the Boch family in Audun-le-Tiche and Septfontaines and the link between the Audun earthenware factory and the Longwy factory.
Many productions from different eras will be presented.
You will also find the persistence of enamels today, with a particular light on Christian Leclercq, the last representative of the decorators of the Huart earthenware factory, trained within the company.
This exhibition was created in partnership with the Musée national d'histoire et d'art Luxembourg (MNHA), the Musée Archéologique du Pays Thionvillois - la Tour aux Puces, the Musée des émaux de Longwy and the company Emaux Leclercq Longwy.

About the location

Musée Archéologique

32 Rue du Maréchal Foch, 57390 Audun-le-Tiche

Moselle
Grand Est

Opened in July 2021 in an old desecrated Protestant temple, the new Archaeological Museum of Audun-le-Tiche presents the collections of the High Mosellan Country.
You will discover the most beautiful pieces from the excavations of the Merovingian necropolis of Audun-le-Tiche (classified as Historical Monuments), but also a remarkable collection of Gallo-Roman statues (heads of Minerva and Sirona, Jupiter Cavalier with eel, Apollo...). Finally, you can admire a unique piece with strong symbolism: the Latin Pawled Cross, inscribed under the title of Historical Monuments.
With an exhibition of more than 300m² in 6 rooms including a projection, you will travel through the Palaeolithic eras until the witchcraft trials of the sixteenth century or the foundation of the famous pottery Boch in Audun-le-Tiche in 1748, a company now more than 250 years old, better known as Villeroy & Boch. Finally, on the top floor, a temporary exhibition will be waiting for you on the theme of our large cross-bo