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A rare photograph of Orléans Cathedral

The Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans has just enriched its photographic collection with an exceptional piece: a rare albumen print dating from 1857, depicting Orléans' Sainte-Croix cathedral, by the Bisson brothers, Louis-Auguste and Auguste-Rosalie. These two pioneers of [...]
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- June 13, 2025
A view of Orléans enters the collections

The Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans recently received a precious gift: Vue d'Orléans et de la Loire depuis la rive gauche, a panoramic view of Orléans and the Loire River, painted around 1827-1830 by landscape artist Christophe Civeton [...].
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- June 6, 2025
A new work by Jean-Marie Delaperche joins the museum's collections

The history of art is often made up of exciting rediscoveries... In 2017, the Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans put the spotlight back on an artist long forgotten by history, remaining off the radar of posterity despite his prominent place: [...]
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- May 30, 2025
Patronage campaign: the adventure continues

On April 22, 2025, the Museums of Orléans and the Friends of the Museums launched a fund-raising campaign to acquire a painting by Jean-Antoine Laurent, who in 1819 captured the memory of his visit to [...].
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- May 6, 2025