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Entrance to the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine The Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine ( French pronunciation: [site də laʁʃitɛktyʁ e dy patʁimwan] , Architecture and Heritage City ) is a museum of architecture and monumental sculpture located in the Palais de Chaillot ( Trocadéro ), in Paris , France.
Musée des Monuments Français, Galerie Davioud. The Musée national des Monuments Français (French pronunciation: [myze nɑsjɔnal de mɔnymɑ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛ]; transl. "National Museum of French Monuments") is today a museum of plaster casts of French monuments located in the Palais de Chaillot, 1, place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre, Paris, France.
The Musée des Monuments français (French pronunciation: [myze de mɔnymɑ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛ]) was a French art museum, created in 1795 on the initiative of Alexandre Lenoir. It displayed sculptures and other objects, many salvaged on Lenoir's own initiative from the destructions of the French Revolution .
Musée des Monuments français may refer to two separate museums in Paris: The Musée des Monuments français (1795–1816) created by Alexandre Lenoir;
Alexandre Lenoir witnessed the destruction of the royal tombs, with the bones thrown into a ditch. He struggled against revolutionary vandalism and managed to save statues and loot which he stored at the couvent des Petits-Augustins. In 1795, he opened the Musée des monuments français to the public — he was its administrator for 30 years.
The galerie des Batailles One of the salles des Croisades. The Musée de l'Histoire de France (French pronunciation: [myze də listwaʁ də fʁɑ̃s] ⓘ, useum of French History) is a museum that was created by King Louis Philippe I in the Palace of Versailles and opened in 1837.
Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (French pronunciation: [myze daʁ mɔdɛʁn də paʁi], in full the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris) or MAM Paris, is a major municipal museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art of the 20th and 21st centuries, including monumental murals by Raoul Dufy, Gaston Suisse, [1] and Henri Matisse. [2]
The Musée de Picardie is the main museum of Amiens and Picardy, in France. It is located at 48, rue de la République, Amiens. 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.