Order creating the Musée d'Orléans

Count Gaspard de Bizemont-Prunelé (1752-1837) convinces Mayor Louis Drouin de Rocheplatte to found a museum in Orléans. On December 30, a decree was issued for the establishment of a museum and natural history cabinet in the Hôtel des Créneaux. Bizemont becomes director and begins collecting works for the opening.