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The Musée de Picardie is the main museum of Amiens and Picardy, in France. It is located at 48, rue de la République, Amiens. Its collections include artifacts ranging from prehistory to the 19th century, and form one of the largest regional museums in France.

As an institution, the museum was founded as the Musée Napoléon in 1802 (the year of the Treaty of Amiens). However, the current building that houses the museum is more recent, being purpose-built as a regional museum between 1855 and 1867. The Second Empire style building was designed by architects Henri Parent and Arthur-Stanislas Diet. It was built thanks to the Société des Antiquaires de Picardie, keen to give the city somewhere to house the collections the society had gathered over decades. A prototype for other French regional museums, it was France's first building constructed exclusively for the purpose of conservation and exhibition of artworks.[1]

Collections

Archaeology

Housed in the basement, archaeological collections include artifacts from:

• ancient Greece
• ancient Egypt, with around 400 objects (of which 257 are on show), mainly derived from the collection of the painter Albert Maignan and from national collections placed here
• the archaeology of Picardy

Medieval

12th to 16th centuries, with the main pieces being the Puys d'Amiens, masterpieces of Gothic art from Amiens Cathedral.

Fine arts

French and foreign painters from 17th to 20th centuries, with artists such as:

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes painted monumental frescoes on the museum's main staircase and first floor galleries,[2] including the two large symbolic frescoes Peace and War (1861) and Work and Rest (1863).[3]

Musée de l'Hôtel de Berny

Located near Amiens Cathedral, the Hôtel de Berny is an annexe of the Musée de Picardie.

Notes and references

Bibliography

• (in French) Matthieu Pinette, Couleurs d'Italie, couleurs du Nord - Peintures étrangères des musées d'Amiens, édition Somogy, Paris, 2001.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Musée de Picardie (Amiens).

• Official website (in French)

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[de] Musée de Picardie

Das Musée de Picardie in Amiens ist eines der wichtigsten und umfassendsten Regionalmuseen Frankreichs. Es ist seit dem Jahr 2002 als Musée de France klassifiziert; das Gebäude ist seit 2012 als Monument historique ausgewiesen.[1]

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- [en] Musée de Picardie

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[es] Museo de Picardía

El Museo de Picardía (Musée de Picardie) es un museo situado en Amiens (región de Picardía, Francia).

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[fr] Musée de Picardie

Le musée de Picardie est un musée d'art et d'archéologie situé à Amiens, en France. Il regroupe de riches collections qui vont de la Préhistoire au XXe siècle, notamment en archéologie et en peinture. Il a reçu le label « musée de France »[2]

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[it] Museo di Piccardia

Il Museo di Piccardia (in francese: Musée de Picardie) è il principale museo di Amiens e della Piccardia, in Francia. Si trova in 48, rue de la République ad Amiens. Le sue collezioni si estendono dalla preistoria al XIX secolo.

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