Musée Calvet (Avignon) | museum

France / Provence-Alpes-Cote-dAzur / Avignon
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In 1833 the city of Avignon acquired the Hôtel de Villeneuve-Martigna to house its municipal museum ; space in the former Couvent Saint-Martial being insufficient.

The importance of its collections have merited the Musée de Calvet's inclusion among the thirty-two listed French museums. There are more than 28,000 items on its inventory, divided into domains as diverse as archeology, beaux-arts (painting, sculpture, drawing), decorative arts (gold and silver objects, china and porcelain, tapestries, iron items), and ethnology (Asia, Oceania, Africa). www.avignon.fr/en/musees/calveten.php
The place is located in Hôtel de Villeneuve-Martignan
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Coordinates:   43°56'49"N   4°48'14"E
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