Museum of Antiquities (Rouen)
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The Musée des Antiquités (known until around 2016 as the Musée départemental des Antiquités) is a museum in the French city of Rouen, housing archaeological finds from the department of Seine-Maritime. It is classified as a Museum of France.
It was set up in 1831 to house the finds excavated at Lillebonne at the instigation of prefect Henri Dupont-Delporte. Its first director was Achille Deville and one of its first curators was Jean Benoît Désiré Cochet. It suffered a fire on 21 April 1894.
On 1 January 2016 the museum moved to the Métropole Rouen Normandie and it now forms part of the Réunion des Musées Métropolitains Rouen Normandie network.
References
- Jules Vernier, Musée des Antiquités de la Seine-Inférieure : Guide du visiteur, Albert Lainé, Rouen, 1923.
- Le Musée départemental des antiquités de Seine-Maritime1991 ISBN 2-907701-63-0.
- Patrick Périn, « Les objets vikings du musée des Antiquités de la Seine-Maritime », in Recueil d’études en hommage à Lucien Musset, Cahier des Annales de Normandie, no 23, Caen, 1990.
- Musée des antiquités, Rouen, De l'Égypte ancienne à la Renaissance rouennaise, Rouen, 1992 ISBN 2-902093-21-7.
- Geneviève Sennequier, Les Mosaïques du Musée départemental des antiquités, Rouen, Musées départementaux de la Seine-Maritime, 2002.
- Michel Hérold, conseil général de la Seine-Maritime, 33 p. ISBN 2-902093-32-2.
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