Calvet Museum in Avignon

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Calvet Museum of fine arts in Avignon > a tour in the Calvet Museum

he Calvet Museum is dedicated to fine arts, It is listed Museum for diversity and value of its collections. It has settled in the "Hôtel de Villeneuve-Martignan", a splendid mansion built in the 18th century, considered as the most beautiful mansion in Avignon for many people

he museum has been build up from the collection of Esprit Calvet, musée s'est constitué à partir de la collection d'Esprit Calvet, a doctor of the 18th century, a fine spirit, brilliant adept of the Enlightment Age : he made a donation of his "cabinet odf curiosities", holding 12000 item, to the city of Avignon. His collections cover all domains of Art in the 18th century, and some domains of Science : painting, sculpture, goldsmithing and silversmithing, but also archeology and ethnology.

ith time passing, the Museum Calvet's collection have been completed with private legacies, donations and State's deposits. Only a part of the collection is shown, so the Museum Calvet regularly offers very interesting temporary exhibitions.

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Calvet Museum in Avignon
fine arts museum

web site : www.musee-calvet.org

65, rue Joseph Vernet - 84000 Avignon

tel : +33 (0)4 90 86 33 84