The Museums of Avignon
Orianne Tison ( Provence Luberon News) - 01/10/2009
City of history with animated past, Avignon gives you keys to understand it, to know it, to feel it. Push the doors of the numerous museums and it will come to light...
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The Calvet museum
This museum is the most prestigious of the city of Avignon. In 1810, it based by the collector Esprit Calvet, and collects today collections of a big importance. It is registered among thirty two classified French museums.
Small inventory of the collections of this museum: archaeology, fine art, decorative arts (silversmith's trade, earthenware, porcelain, tapestry, ironworks) and ethnology in Asia, Oceania and Africa.
The museum of “Petit Palais”
The small palace is situated in the North of place of the Popes’ palace; it becomes from 1335 the Episcopal see. The museum is opened in 1976 and since shelters beautiful objects of art. This museum is dedicated to the painting and to the Italian sculpture medieval and of what one names 1st Renaissance.
Palais des Archevêque
Place du Palais
Phone : 04 90 86 44 58
Mail : musee.petitpalais@mairie-avignon.com
Schedules: Opened all days except Tuesday from 10 hr till 13 hr and from 14 hr till 18 hr
Closed January 1st, November 1st and December 25th
The Requien museum
This museum is a true cabinet of curiosities as it existed so much in the XVII-th century when they were fashionable. Esprit Requien, renowned botanist is at the origin of the foundation (1840) of the museum and the collection which it collects. It’s the natural history museum of the city.
Hôtel Raphélis de Soissans
67, rue Joseph Vernet
Phone. 04 90 82 43 51
Schedules: Opened from 10hr till 13hr and from 14hr till 18hr. Closed on Monday and Sunday
The Angladon museum
It’s a very young museum, because it opens the doors in 1996. It’s originally a private foundation created by couple of artists. The house was bequeathed to them by the illustrious Parisian dressmaker Jacques Doucet, who was a patron and a collector. Art objects of recognized artists were collected here for our biggest happiness (Cézanne, Van Gogh, Modigliani, Picasso, Degas).
Hôtel de Massilian
5, rue Laboureur
Phone : 04 90 82 29 03
The Palace of Roure
The Palace of Roure is originally Baroncelli's hotel, this luxurious particular hotel dates XV-th century. At the beginning of XX-th century it’s a very full of life place, and much more, a home of the félibrige which is the flourish of the Provençal art, Frédéric Mistral frequented the palace of Roure. Place of culture, it’s today a museum of popular traditions and also a Provençal documentation center.
Hôtel de Baroncelli-Javon
3, rue Collège-du-Roure
Phone : 04 90 80 80 88
The Jean Vilar’s house
Crochans's hotel lived many things since its construction in 1330, that it becomes in 1979 the Jean Vilar’s house, in homage to the creator of the famous Festival of Avignon. The Jean Villar’s house settled for purpose to shine Jean Vilar's work, but beyond it’s all the arts of the spectacle which are here put in light. You will find there, a video library and a resource center, as well as numerous events: expo, projections, debates, meetings...
Hôtel de Crochans
Montée Paul-Puaux - 8, rue de Mons
Phone : 04 90 86 59 64
The Lambert’s collection - Contemporary Art Museum
It’s space of 2000 m2 which waits for you. You will be able to take advantage of a bookshop, a restaurant, and activities for young public and naturally Lambert’s collection. This collection of contemporary art is unique in France, Yvon Lambert throughout the art lover's life, collected works of great artists. Minimal art, conceptual art, land art, painting of the 80s, photography or video of the 90s, a prestigious collection.
Hôtel de Caumont
5, rue Violette
Phone : 04 90 16 56 20
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The museum of the Works in the Palace of the Popes
Today, it’s seven rooms of this monument which are reserved to tell you the history of this great Gothic palace and people who contributed to make the history. One will speak to you there about architecture, about decoration, but also about the logistics organized for construction site and the Popes naturally.
Place du Palais
Phone : 04 90 27 50 00
Schedules:
Opened every day:
From November 2nd till March 14th : from 9. 30 till 17. 45
From 15th till 31th March: from 9. 30 till 18. 30
From April 1st till November 1st : from 9 hr till 19 hr
From July till September: from 9 hr till 20 hr
The livery Ceccano - Media library
This palace built for the cardinal Ceccano dates 1340; it has during centuries had multiple attributions. In the XVII-th century it welcomes a school of 1600 Jesuits, and then in 1768 the other monks settle down there. Afterward, the livery will be barracks, to become school, and in 1982 this magnificent monument is transformed into municipal library.
2 bis, rue Laboureur
BP 349
84025 Avignon cedex 1
Phone : 04 90 85 15 59
Schedule:
The media library is opened of Monday, 13 a hour at 18 hr and from Tuesday till Saturday from 10 hr till 18 hr.
Festival of Avignon
Major cultural meeting, the festival livens up the town in July.