Musée Crozatier
 Façade of the Musée Crozatier | |
| Established | 1868 |
|---|---|
| Location | Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne, France |
| Type | Archaeological museum, Art museum |
| Visitors | 19,101 (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
- 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)
- 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).
- Gérard Rivollier (2015-11-25). "Musée Crozatier du Puy-en-Velay : un peintre au sommet!". France 3 Auvergne. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- Le musée Crozatier au Puy-en-Velay, Archéologia, Hors-série n°22, 2018
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