Thematic guided tour "The wars of Vendée"

Name: Thematic guided tour "The wars of Vendée"
Start: 2022-09-17T16:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T12:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée d'art et d'histoire

Discover the history of the Vendée Wars (1793-1796/ 1815/ 1832) through the museum’s collections.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Musées de Cholet - Salle des généraux vendéens, galerie d'histoire

The History Gallery of the museum traces, through a scientific approach, the great hours of Cholet and its region by evoking mainly the Wars of Vendée (1793-1832).
Archival documents, archaeological objects, weapons, monumental paintings and sculptures illustrate these rich events.
The thematic tour focuses on the period of the First Vendée War (1793-1796) and evokes the episodes of the 19th century: 1815 and 1832.

About the location

Musée d'art et d'histoire

27, avenue de l'Abreuvoir, 49300 Cholet

Maine-et-Loire
Pays de la Loire

In the heart of the city, the Museum of Art and History offers to discover an exceptional collection in vast and luminous spaces where sculptures, paintings, tapestries and objects of memory coexist.