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Museum Of Art And History (Geneva)
Museum of Art and History may refer to: * Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Saint-Denis, France *Musée d'art et d'Histoire (Fribourg), Switzerland * Musée d'Art et d'Histoire (Geneva), Switzerland *Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme, Paris, France *Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund, Germany *Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, Belgium **Art & History Museum, Brussels, Belgium *Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, California, United States *Westphalian State Museum of Art and Cultural History The Westphalian State Museum of Art and Cultural History (''LWL-Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte'') is an arts and cultural museum in Münster, Germany Besides an extensive collection ranging from '' spätgotik'' painting and scul ...
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Musée D'art Et D'histoire (Fribourg)
The Musée d'art et d'histoire is a museum of art and history in the town of Fribourg in Switzerland, founded in 1774 by Tobie Gerfer. It is now housed in two main buildings - the 16th century hôtel Ratzé and a former abattoir - on either side of rue de Morat and linked by an underground passageway. The arrangement of its galleries dates to a redisplay in 1981. It mainly houses sculptures, paintings and decorative art produced in the town from the medieval era to the present day as well as 17th and 18th century historical items. It includes a glass-working gallery and a gallery devoted to the sculptor Adèle d'Affry Adelaide Nathalie Marie Hedwig Philippine d'Affry, Duchess of Castiglione Colonna, known as Marcello, (6 July 1836 – 14 July 1879) was a Swiss artist and sculptor. Early life d'Affry was born in Fribourg and was the eldest daughter of Count L ... alias Marcello. External links *http://www.fr.ch/mahf/fr/pub/index.htm Fribourg category:1774 establishments ...
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Musée D'Art Et D'Histoire (Geneva)
The Musée d’Art et d’Histoire (''Museum of Art and History'') is the largest art museum in Geneva, Switzerland. The building The museum is located in Les Tranchées, in the city centre, on the site of the former fortification ring. It was built by the architect Marc Camoletti between 1903 and 1910, and financed by a bequest from the banker Charles Galland (1816–1901).Présentation des Musées d'art et d'histoire
History and outline of the museum, State of Geneva, 20 September 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
The building is square, with 60 m (200 ft) sides surrounding an inner courtyard. It has four storeys, with roof la ...
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Musée D'Art Et D'Histoire Du Judaïsme
The Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme or mahJ (English: "Museum of Jewish Art and History") is the largest French museum of Jewish art and history. It is located in the Hôtel de Saint-Aignan in the Le Marais, Marais district in Paris. The museum conveys the rich history and culture of Jews in Europe and North Africa from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Its fine collection of religious objects, archives, manuscripts, and works of art promotes the contributions of Jews to France and to the world, especially in the arts. The museum's collections include works of art from Marc Chagall and Amedeo Modigliani. The museum has a bookshop selling books on Jewish art and history and Judaica, a media library with an online catalogue accessible to the public, and an auditorium which offers conferences, lectures, concerts, performances, and seminars. It also provides guided weekly visits in English during the tourist season (April–July) for individuals as well as students and teac ...
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Museum Für Kunst Und Kulturgeschichte
The Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte or MKK (''Museum of Art and Cultural History'') is a municipal museum in Dortmund, Germany. It is currently located in an Art Deco building which was formerly the Dortmund Savings Bank. The collection includes paintings, sculptures, furniture and applied art, illustrating the cultural history of Dortmund from early times to the 20th century. There are regular temporary exhibitions of art and culture, as well as a permanent exhibition on the history of surveying, with rare geodetic instruments.Das Museum


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It was founded in 1883 as a collection of historical and artistic objects. It changed location several times in the early years, and came to include

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Royal Museums Of Art And History
The Royal Museums of Art and History (french: Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, nl, Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis) or RMAH is a group of museums in Brussels, Belgium. It is part of the Belgian Federal government, federal institute of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO) and consists of five museums: the Art & History Museum (formerly the Cinquantenaire Museum), the Horta-Lambeaux Pavilion, the Halle Gate, the Museums of the Far East and the Musical Instrument Museum, Brussels, Musical Instrument Museum (MIM). History The Origins of the Cinquantenaire Museum From the 15th to the 17th century, diplomatic gifts, mementoes and curiosa owned by the Dukes of Burgundy and subsequently the Habsburg Netherlands, Habsburg archdukes were displayed in the Royal Arsenal, a large hall in the vicinity of the Palace of Coudenberg. It was there that the first collections, which are now housed in the Royal Museums of Art and History, were established. Regrettably ...
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Art & History Museum
The Art & History Museum (french: Musée Art & Histoire, nl, Museum Kunst & Geschiedenis) is a public museum of antiquities and ethnographic and decorative arts located at the Cinquantenaire, Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark in Brussels, Belgium. The museum is one of the constituent parts of the Royal Museums of Art and History (RMAH) and is one of the largest art museums in Europe. It was formerly called the Cinquantenaire Museum (french: Musée du Cinquantenaire, link=no, nl, Jubelpark Museum, link=no) until 2018. It is served by the metro stations Schuman and Merode on lines 1 and 5. History The museum's first collections were assembled during the reigns of the Dukes of Burgundy and subsequently the Habsburg archdukes, and were placed in various locations in Brussels, their capital. In 1847, the newly formed Kingdom of Belgium acquired the artworks which were placed in the Halle Gate under the name of ("Royal Museum of Armour, Antiquities and Ethnology"). By 1889, ...
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Santa Cruz Museum Of Art And History
The Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) is a nonprofit educational institution and museum founded in 1996 and located in Santa Cruz, California, at the downtown McPherson Center. Its mission is to ignite shared experiences and unexpected connections, using art and history to build a stronger, more connected community. About The art collection is successor to the Santa Cruz County Museum of Art (founded in 1982). The history collection of the museum is successor to the Santa Cruz Historical Society (founded in 1954). History holdings include a permanent local Monterey Bay Area Monterey (; es, Monterrey; Ohlone: ) is a city located in Monterey County on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on the U.S. state of California's Central Coast. Founded on June 3, 1770, it functioned as the capital of Alta California under both ... history gallery, research library and archive. The history collection has over 7,000 items, with collection guides viewable online. The Museum includ ...
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