Guided tour «From an abbey to a museum»

Name: Visita guiada «De una abadía a un museo»
Start: 2023-09-17T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Musée des Beaux-arts et d'Archéologie, Muséum d'Histoire naturelle (Musée Saint-Loup)

What stories can be hidden within the walls of the current Saint-Loup museum? Follow Audrey Martinez, cultural mediator, to discover the history of this museum before it is, its...

Domingo 17 septiembre 2023, 11:00, 15:00Passed

Ville de Troyes / Carole Bell

What stories can be hidden within the walls of the current Saint-Loup museum? Follow Audrey Martinez, cultural mediator, to discover the history of this museum before it is, its architectural evolution and the constitution of the collections of the first Trojan museum opened in 1833. (Duration: 1h30)

About the location

Musée des Beaux-arts et d'Archéologie, Muséum d'Histoire naturelle (Musée Saint-Loup)

61 rue de la Cité, 10000 Troyes

Aube
Grand Est

The old(former) abbey, built in the XVIIth and XVIIIth century s., shelters the museum of Fine Arts, of regional archaeology and the Museum. Regional Archaeology: first palaeolithic populatings till the beginning of Middle Ages, of Stone Age (dolmen of Frécul) via(including) the age of metals (remarkable Celtic time(period): falls to tank of Bouranton, golden(in gold) bracelet of Molesmes), then the roman time (Apollo de Vaupoisson, domus of Chaillouet) up to High Middle Ages (treasure of Pouan). Natural sciences: an unique(only) Museum in Champagne-Ardenne. Focus on local fauna(crowd): mammals (otter, lynx, wildcat) and visible birds around the natural lakes of the forest of East (ash crane, black stork) as well as sorts(species) from the whole world: a diversity of fauna(crowd).

This new route combines nearly 300 works, small paintings and monumental works, known masterpieces and restored and unpublished works from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. This presentation renews the look at this exceptional collection of French and European painting, from knowledgeable collectors, highlighting artistic exchanges between France, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, England ... with Giotto, Malouel, Spranger, Vasari, Rubens, Jordaens, van Dyck, Champaigne, Bellotto, Mignard, Le Brun, Watteau, Natoire, Boucher, Fragonard, Hubert Robert, Greuze, Vien, David, Corot ...