December 30, 1823 - December 30, 2023: on this day two centuries ago, the city of Orléans published a decree for the creation of a natural history museum and cabinet. The idea was not new, but it had taken some [...]
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- Dec 20, 2023
The Musée d'Orléans opened on November 4, 1825 in the Hôtel des Créneaux. The Comte de Bizemont was able to unite collectors to see the birth of this museum... which was already too small when it opened! It was destined to grow, expanding [...].
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- Dec 20, 2023
The Musée des Beaux-Arts has received a donation of the library of art historian Francis Haskell (1928-2000), previously held at Oxford and soon to be integrated into the museum's collection. In particular, the collection includes a large volume of books on [...]
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- Mar 26, 2024
The collector François Marcille (1790-1856) assembled one of the most fabulous collections of 18th-century works. Trained as a painter himself, he shared with the young Romantics a taste for forgotten masters, notably Chardin, whose Le Panier de [...]
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- Apr 11, 2024
Following the exhibition À la poursuite de la beauté. Diary from the Prat collection, the collector couple, in agreement with the curators, donated two drawings linked to the history of the Musée d'Orléans. They will join the museum's [...]
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- June 26, 2024
The Marine de Loire more alive than ever! To keep you busy during the summer vacations, come to the Hôtel Cabu - musée d'Histoire et d'Archéologie to discover the virtual reality device "Au rythme de la Loire" created by Extra Art. Comfortably [...]
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- July 2, 2024
The INHA study program to establish a repertory of Germanic paintings in French collections (1370-1550) has identified the author of the anonymous Saint George slaying the dragon in the Musée d'Orléans: it is a painting by Nikolaus Schit [...].
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- July 10, 2024
Lot of over 1000 glass plates, negatives and stereoscopic views A sale of Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel's studio has enabled the museum to acquire an archive, including a box containing over 1000 photos (glass plates, negatives and stereoscopic [...].
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- July 18, 2024
The Musée des Beaux-Arts has acquired Alexandre Antigna's Naufrage by pre-emption for €570. Born in Orléans in 1817, Alexandre Antigna won considerable acclaim in Paris in the 1840s.
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- August 8, 2024
The redeployment of the late 19th and early 20th century collections continues in the basement of the Musée des Beaux-Arts. Three new rooms are now open and visible to the public: realistic and impressionist landscapes, [...].
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- August 8, 2024
Painter Julie Duvidal de Montferrier's "Bacchus enfant" has had an eventful history! It met with great success at the Salon of 1822, and was acquired by the Duc d'Orléans, future king Louis-Philippe and [...].
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- Sep 13, 2024
Since September 2021, the Musée des Beaux-Arts has partnered with Etablissement Français du Sang once a month to become a blood donation center: the aim of this mobilization is to be able to give back to donors what they offer [...]
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- Sep 18, 2024