September 2023

Zaterdag 16
- 10:00 - 12:30
- 14:00 - 18:00
Zondag 17
- 10:00 - 12:30
- 14:00 - 18:00

Musée d'art et d'histoire d'Avranches

Place Jean de Saint-Avit, 50300 Avranches

Manche

Normandie

Free visit of the museum of art and history

Name: Free visit of the museum of art and history
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée d'art et d'histoire d'Avranches

Discover the permanent route and the temporary exhibition "From the brush to the spoon... What a bestiary!"

16 and 17 September 2023

Verlopen

(Re) discover the museum’s rooms and the temporary exhibition "Bocage gourmand".

September 2023

Zaterdag 16
- 10:00 - 12:30
- 14:00 - 18:00
Zondag 17
- 10:00 - 12:30
- 14:00 - 18:00

Additionnal information

Types d'événement

Visite libre

Thèmes 2023

Geen selectie

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

Type de public

Tout public

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Musée d'art et d'histoire d'Avranches

Place Jean de Saint-Avit, 50300 Avranches

Manche

Normandie

Founded in 1835 by the Avranches Archaeological Society and ceded a few years later to the city, the Avranches Museum of Art and History is one of the oldest museums in Western France. Its status is that of former "municipal museum controlled", today benefiting from the label "Musée de France". In the course of its history, the museum has seen its collections disappear twice. In 1899, the fire of the Tribunal, installed in the episcopal palace where the Archaeological Society presents its collections, reduced to ashes more than 60 years of efforts. A new museum was then set up in the former convent of the Capuchins, in the Jardin des Plantes; but, in 1944, the battles of the Liberation destroyed the buildings and collections it contained. After the war, the town of Avranches acquired the walls of the old prison, formerly the official palace of the bishopric, and appointed a curator, Michel Delalonde, who set about rebuilding the museum. In 1963, the "Avranchin Museum" was created with

September 2023

Freier Besuch des Museums für Kunst und Geschichte

Free visit of the museum of art and history

Visita libera al museo di arte e storia

Visite libre du musée d'art et d'histoire

Visita libre al museo de arte e historia

September 2023