Paris, France
Heir to the century of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, the Louvre was quickly accepted as the "museum among museums" and since then it has remained a model and a recognized authority.
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Curator sculpture collection: Sophie Jugie
Cassel, France
Flanders Département Museum stands on Mount Cassel. Its aim is to showcase artistic creation in Flanders – which makes it unique.
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The “Musée de l’hôtel Sandelin” is one of the main “Musées de France” (Museums of France) in the Nord/Pas-de-Calais region. Installed in a superb 18th century town house, its collections, displayed in 21 rooms and organised in three themes - History; Fine Art; Ceramics – provide visitors with the opportunity to enjoy an outstanding display of over 3,000 works.
Visit websiteColmar, France
Housed in a former convent dating back to the 13th century, the Musée Unterlinden displays a remarkable group of paintings and sculptures from the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It possesses one of the greatest works of Western art: the Isenheim Altarpiece, executed between 1512 and 1516 by Nicolaus of Haguenau and Grünewald. The museum’s collection of decorative art objects includes silver and gold treasures as well as an exceptional group of hunting and military weapons. Its archaeology section offers a nearly complete overview of the early development of human society, with objects from everyday life (Bergheim mosaic, 3rd century AD) or funerary contexts (gold jewellery from a princely sepulchre).
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The Palais des Beaux-Arts of Lille, one of the premier museums in France, houses in its imposing 19th-century building collections of European paintings, a Prints and Drawings Room, a collection of Antiquities, a mediaeval and Renaissance collection, 17th- and 18th-century ceramics, 19th-century French sculptures and 18th-century scale models.
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