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Museums of Avignon Musées Mirabilis is the Big Summer Show

Guest Post · Inspire · What's On Provence & Cote d'Azur

The wonderfully creative Arlésien designer Christian Lacroix has been given free rein to choose items from the museums of Avignon for ‘Mirabilis’, the summer show. And ‘marvellous’ it surely will be: visitors can see 350 to 400 works, documents and collections, from prehistory to ethnic collections to modern art, in unusual groupings of works of art from Avignon museums.

The show starts on June 29th and runs until January 15th, 2019. As Lynne says with Christian Lacroix, “Expect the unexpected.”

Uniting Avignon Museums

Avignon Musées is an initiative spearheaded by Cécile Helle, Mayor of Avignon and first Vice President of Greater Avignon. The concept is to showcase the city’s (and region’s) incredible artistic heritage and collection of artefacts via shared programming across five (5) museums.

For a relatively small geography, the Avignon collection is immense. It includes 1,200,000 works of art, objects of interest, and archival documents. These pieces include prehistoric artifacts, Greco-Roman sculptures, Italian Renaissance art, works from the Impressionist period, and modern works.

Located in the heart of Avignon, the museums Calvet, Lapidaire, Petit Palais, Requien, and Palais du Roure collectively form “Avignon Museums,” which open their culture-filled doors to all ages.

Museum Details

The Culture Pass allows free access to museums for those under 26.

Musée Calvet (website)
65, rue Joseph Vernet
84000 Avignon
Tel: +33 (0)4 90 86 33 84
Closed Tuesdays

Musée Lapidaire (website)
27, rue de la République
84000 Avignon
Tel: +33 (0)4 90 85 75 38
Closed Mondays

Petit Palais (website)
Palais des Archevêques
Place du Palais des Papes
84000 Avignon
Tel: +33 (0)4 90 86 44 58
Closed Tuesdays

Musée Requien (website)
67, rue Joseph Vernet
84000 Avignon
Tel: +33 (0)4 90 82 43 51
Closed Sundays & Mondays

Palais du Roure (website)
3, rue Collège du Roure
84000 Avignon
Tel: +33 (0)4 13 60 50 01
Closed Sundays, Mondays and Holidays

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