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The museum collection was founded in 1905 by members of the Union des Arts décoratifs ("Union of Decorative Arts"). The architect was Gaston Redon. It houses and displays furniture, interior design, altarpieces, religious paintings, objets d'arts, tapestries, wallpaper, ceramics and glassware, plus toys from the Middle Ages to the present day.
The first museum was called Musée d'Art ancien. The museum was obliged to close during World War II, and in 1940, the collections were crated and stored in the cellars of the Musée des Beaux-Arts (Fine Arts Museum). On 2 July 1955, the museum reopened to the public as the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Decorative Arts Museum). In 1984, the ...
Musée des Arts décoratifs, Strasbourg, France; Musée des Tissus et des Arts décoratifs, Lyon, France; Latvian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia; Museum of Decorative Arts, Berlin (Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin), Germany; Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague (Uměleckoprůmyslové museum v Praze), Czech Republic
Decorative arts: Decorative arts made of silver Petit Palais: 8th: Art (VP) Paintings, sculpture, Ancient Greek and Roman art, Renaissance art and artifacts, 17th, 18th and 19th century art and artifacts, art from the Western and Eastern Christian worlds, engravings and drawings, photography Salle des Traditions de la Garde Républicaine: 4th ...
Les Arts décoratifs is a private, non-profit organization which manages museums of decorative arts located in Paris, France. The first museum dates to 1882, when collectors with an interest in the applied arts formed the initial organization. For many years it was known as the Union centrale des arts décoratifs (UCAD), but in December 2004 it ...
The museum contains the collections of the former Musée de la Faïence de Marseille (Faience Museum) at Château Pastré, Fashion Museum, the decorative arts collections of the Musée Cantini, Museum of Old Marseille, as well as furniture from Borély. It has a total of 200 items of furniture, 563 decorative art objects, 750 ceramic pieces ...
The department said 28 people from the LASD are in France to be a resource for American citizens and athletes visiting and competing in the Games, and help sheriff's deputies prepare for hosting ...
This list of museums in Los Angeles is a list of museums located within the City of Los Angeles, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.