Musée Crozatier

Coordinates: 45°02′19″N 3°52′59″E / 45.03861°N 3.88306°E / 45.03861; 3.88306
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45°02′19″N 3°52′59″E / 45.03861°N 3.88306°E / 45.03861; 3.88306

Musée Crozatier
Façade of the Musée Crozatier
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Established1868
LocationPuy-en-Velay, Auvergne, France
TypeArchaeological museum, Art museum
Visitors19,101 (2007)[1]

The Musée Crozatier is a museum in Le Puy-en-Velay in the French Auvergne. Inaugurated in 1868, its collection comprises art and archaeological artifacts from Velay and the Haute-Loire region.[2] The museum has undergone a major renovation from 2010 to 2018 (re opening in July 2018).[3]

Collection

The diversity of the museum's collections (painting, sculpture, graphic arts, works of art, archaeology, natural history, mechanics, crafts, lace) allows a discovery of the history of Velay and an overview of art and sciences, through 4 galleries: historical, fine arts, scientific and local crafts.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Veille Info Tourisme: Fréquentation des musées en France en 2007 (par région et département), p. 109 Archived 2011-01-03 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  2. ^ Vibert, Jean-Baptiste-Maxime Auteur du texte (1872). Musée du Puy. Catalogue de la section des beaux-arts. Peinture, dessin, gravure et sculpture. Par M. Vibert,... (in French).
  3. ^ Gérard Rivollier (2015-11-25). "Musée Crozatier du Puy-en-Velay : un peintre au sommet!". France 3 Auvergne. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  4. ^ Le musée Crozatier au Puy-en-Velay, Archéologia, Hors-série n°22, 2018

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