Exhibition "The origins of the Princerie Museum: the Société philomathique de Verdun (1822-2022)"

Name: Exhibition "The origins of the Princerie Museum: the Société philomathique de Verdun (1822-2022)"
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée de la Princerie

Discover the history of the Philomathic Society and the collections of the Princerie Museum!

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free entry

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This year, the Société philomathique de Verdun is celebrating the bicentenary of its creation. Founded on August 1, 1822, this scholarly society is at the origin of the constitution of the fund of the present museum of the Princerie. Initially primarily oriented towards science, society will gradually open up to local history, with a marked interest in archaeology and heritage.
Tracing the two centuries of existence of the Philomathic Society, this exhibition shows the persistence of its original purpose of scholarship and dissemination of knowledge.
It also allows you to discover the rich and eventful history of the collections that have gradually been built and presented in various Verdun buildings until their permanent installation in the Princerie Hotel since 1932.

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.