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Musée des Beaux-Arts Tournai

Tournai

Belgium

The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Tournai, Belgium, is an art museum. The inception of the museum was in the beginning of the 20th century when Henri Van Cutsem, a Belgian art collector, offered his collection to the city of Tournai in 1905. The collection contained important works of important 19th century French painters like Manet, Monet, Seurat and others. The Belgian Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta started drafting a new building that would contain the Van Cutsem donation and other holdings already owned by the city of Tournai but the First World War intervened and construction was delayed. Horta abandoned his first designs made in a typical Art Nouveau style, shifting to the popular art deco style. The building, which opened in 1928, is a graceful curved version of usually strict linearity of art deco, in this, it is similar to Horta's Brussels Central Station. .

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes

Nîmes

France

The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes is the fine arts museum of Nîmes.

Musée des beaux-arts de Chambéry

Chambéry

France

The Musée des beaux-arts de Chambéry is an art museum in Chambéry, Savoie, France.

National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers

El Madania

Algeria

The National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers Musée National des beaux-arts d'Alger) is a museum located in Algiers, Algeria. On 14 May 1962 over 300 works of art were brought to the Louvre in Paris from the Museum.

Musée de la Vie romantique

Île-de-France

France

The Musée de la Vie romantique stands at the foot of Montmartre hill in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, 16 rue Chaptal, Paris, France in an 1830 hôtel particulier facing two twin-studios, a greenhouse, a small garden, and a paved courtyard. The museum is open daily except Monday. Permanent collections are free. An admission fee is charged for temporary exhibitions. The nearest métro stations are Pigalle, Blanche, Saint-Georges, and Liège. The Musée de la Vie romantique is one of the 14 City of Paris Museums that have been incorporated since January 1, 2013 in the public institution Paris Musées.

Musée de la Légion d'honneur

Île-de-France

France

The Musée national de la Légion d'honneur et des ordres de chevalerie is a French national museum of orders of merit and orders of chivalry. It is located in the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur beside the Musée d'Orsay at 2, rue de la Légion-d'Honneur, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is open daily except Monday and Tuesday; admission is free. The nearest métro and RER stations are Musée d'Orsay, Solférino, and Assemblée Nationale.

Hôtel-Dieu

Île-de-France

France

In French-speaking countries, a hôtel-Dieu was originally a hospital for the poor and needy, run by the Catholic Church. Nowadays these buildings or institutions have either kept their function as a hospital, the one in Paris being the oldest and most renowned, or have been converted into hotels, museums, or general purpose buildings . Therefore, as a secondary meaning, the term hôtel-Dieu can also refer to the building itself, even if it no longer houses a hospital. Examples include: BelgiumNotre Dame à la Rose, founded in 1242FranceHôtel-Dieu d'Angers, founded in 1153 Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune, founded in 1443 Hôtel-Dieu of Carpentras, built in 1754 Hôtel-Dieu of Château-Thierry, founded in 1304 Hôtel-Dieu of Cluny, built in the 17th and 18th century Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon, created in 1478 Hôtel-Dieu de Paris, founded in 650 Hôtel-Dieu of Reims Hôtel-Dieu de Tonnerre, founded in 1293CanadaHôtel-Dieu de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital, Windsor, Ontario Hotel Dieu Hospital , Kingston, Ontario Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre, St. Catharines, OntarioUnited StatesUniversity Hospital, New Orleans, previously known as Hôtel-Dieu Hotel Dieu Hospital, Beaumont, Texas, founded in 1896 and consolidated with Saint Elizabeth's Hospital in 1970 Hotel Dieu Hospital, El Paso, Texas, founded in 1893 and permanently closed in 1987LebanonHôtel-Dieu de France, Beirut, Lebanon, a private hospital owned by the French state

Lille Métropole Museum of Modern, Contemporary and Outsider Art

Hauts-de-France

France

The Lille Métropole Museum of Modern, Contemporary and Outsider Art , formerly known as Villeneuve d'Ascq Museum of Modern Art, is an art museum in Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. With more than 4,500 artworks on a 4,000-square-metre exhibition area, the LaM is the only museum in Europe to present simultaneously the main components of the 20th and 21st centuries art : modern art, contemporary art and outsider art. LaM's holdings include some masterpieces of Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Joan Miró, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger, Alexander Calder and the biggest outsider art collection in France. LaM possesses also a library and a rich park of sculptures. The museum's collection offers an overview in modern and contemporary art, including drawings, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books and artist's books, and electronic media.

Musée d'art et d'histoire de Saint-Denis

Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis

France

The Musée d'Art et d'Histoire , is a museum located in the historical city of Saint-Denis, France, in the northern outskirts of Paris.The museum, established in 1982, is located in an ancient cloister of the order of the Carmelites, founded in 1625, not far from the Basilique Saint-Denis. The museum holds displays about the Carmelites, the Paris Commune and the surrealist poet, Paul Éluard. There is also an archaeological department focusing on the ancient finds in and around the Basilique Saint-Denis. From September to December 2007, the museum had a display about the Silk Road, entitled "Marco Polo et le Livre des Merveilles". Recommended access is underground Metro station Saint-Denis Porte de Paris, on Line 13, located about 100 meters south of the museum.

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire (Neuchâtel)

Neuchâtel

Switzerland

The musée d'art et d'histoire is a museum in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Among its exhibits are the Jaquet-Droz automata. The collections of paintings include works of Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.The museum's stairwell features three monumental murals panted by Léo-Paul Robert between 1886 and 1894.