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Museon Arlaten ("Arles Museum" in Provençal dialect of
Museon Arlaten
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Displaying the Arlésienne: Museums, folklife and regional identity in France
" ''Folklore and Nationalism in Europe During the Long Nineteenth Century'', ed. Timothy Baycroft and David Hopkin, Brill
Website of the Museum
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Museon Arlaten ("Arles Museum" in Provençal dialect of Occitan Occitan may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Occitania territory in parts of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain.
* Something of, from, or related to the Occitania administrative region of France.
* Occitan language
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) is a museum dedicated to the ethnography of Provence
Provence (, , , , ; oc, Provença or ''Prouvènço'' , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bor ...
. It is located in Arles
Arles (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Arle ; Classical la, Arelate) is a coastal city and commune in the South of France, a subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the former province of ...
, at 29, rue de la République, and it is housed in the 15th century Hôtel particulier
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monument historique
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History
The museum was founded by Provençal poetFrédéric Mistral
Joseph Étienne Frédéric Mistral (; oc, Josèp Estève Frederic Mistral, 8 September 1830 – 25 March 1914) was a French writer of Occitan literature and lexicographer of the Provençal form of the language. He received the 1904 Nobel P ...
and opened in 1899. With the help of Jules Charles-Roux
Jules Charles-Roux (14 November 1841 – 6 March 1918) was a French businessman and politician. He served as the vice president of the Suez Canal Company. He served as a corporate director of shipping companies in the Antilles, West Africa and Fr ...
and Jeanne de Flandreysy
Jeanne de Flandreysy, born Jeanne Mellier (11 July 1874 – 15 May 1959) was a French author and literary critic. She was the author of many books about Provence, and she promoted Franco-Italian cultural exchanges.
Early life
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, he established a gallery with statues from the Antiquity found on the grounds of the museum. Mistral had worked to build a Provençal literary revival since the 1850s, but in 1896 he declared that he wished to create a more enduring statement of Provençal tradition by building a "Pantheon of Provence" that would bring together "all the memories of our race." It sought to become "the museum of the region, the complete representation of a ''pays''." Much of the collection focused on the traditional clothing of Arlesienne women, but it collected widely. Originally, labels were in Provençal, well after that language had ceased to dominate the region. In his history of the region, Marseillais business-man, politician and historian Jules Charles-Roux
Jules Charles-Roux (14 November 1841 – 6 March 1918) was a French businessman and politician. He served as the vice president of the Suez Canal Company. He served as a corporate director of shipping companies in the Antilles, West Africa and Fr ...
explained the museum's choice of language: "Provençal is the language of a free people. And it is this love of humble people, this profound sense of equality, this respect for the spirit of the people, this magnificent understanding of its greatness that motivated Mistral to build a museum to house all the modest objects of daily life,... a museum for everything that makes up the originality, the flavor of Provençal life."
In 1903, Mistral and the Museon Arlaten organized the first "Fèsto Vierginenco," where 28 young women of Arles pledged to wear the clothing that had become the identifiable "traditional costume" of the city. The event was so popular that in subsequent years it had to be moved to the Roman Theatre.
The museum was closed for repair works in October 25, 2009. Its reopening, initially planned for 2015, was later postponed to winter 2020/21. It reopened on May 19, 2021.
Collections
The museum has an important collection of Provençal folk art, displaying furniture, costumes, ceramics, tools and farming implements.See also
* Musée de l'Arles et de la Provence antiques *Musée Réattu
Musée Réattu (Reattu Museum) is an art museum in Arles, housing paintings, including works by Arles-born painter Jacques Réattu, drawings by Picasso, as well as sculptures and a large collection of photographs.Michelin TravelMusée Réattu I ...
* List of Jesuit sites
This list includes past and present buildings, facilities and institutions associated with the Society of Jesus. In each country, sites are listed in chronological order of start of Jesuit association.
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Further reading
* *Anne Dymond, (2012).Displaying the Arlésienne: Museums, folklife and regional identity in France
" ''Folklore and Nationalism in Europe During the Long Nineteenth Century'', ed. Timothy Baycroft and David Hopkin, Brill
References
External links
Website of the Museum
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