The Museum of Grenoble is the museum of fine arts, contemporary art and Egyptology in the city of Grenoble, in Isère.
The museum was founded in 1798 from the revolutionary requisitions and concessions of the state and was located in the ancient Jesuit college.
Starting in 1870, the museum moved to a building on the Place de Verdun, the Musée-Bibliothèque, the work of Charles-Auguste Questel so called because it also housed the municipal library. The current headquarters, on the Isère river, has been operational since 1994 and since 1998 has housed a 16,000 m² sculpture park (Albert Michallon Park) which extends up to the ancient city walls.
The Musee de Grenoble is one of the best French collections of painting and sculpture, it mainly boasts French works prior to the 20th century, although the Dutch, Flemish and Italian schools are equally well represented. The modern collection has international ambitions, with some good examples of American art. Created in 1798, the Musee de Grenoble has continued to grow to present more than 900 works to visitors today. A unique ensemble, both for its collections of ancient art and for those of modern and contemporary art.
The Grenoble museum is known as one of the most important museums in Europe with regard to the collections of modern art and painting. It is also known as the oldest French contemporary art museum, the first to purchase works by Modigliani or Picasso since the 1920s.
This acquisition policy continues today and the museum features numerous creations by major artists from the 1960s to today. The painting and sculpture collection occupies most of the museum's 60 rooms (the sculpture is also exhibited in the park).
It includes works created from the 13th century to the present day, but also an important collection of Egyptian and Greek antiquities in three rooms.
Grenoble Museum of fine arts
Address: 5 Place de Lavalette, 38000
Phone: +33 4 76 63 44 44
Site:
http://www.museedegrenoble.fr/Location inserted by
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