Philippe Orain/Michelin
Philippe Orain/Michelin
Besançon Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology
Michelin Guide
Well worth the diversions
Museum
The Michelin Guide's review
Housed in the former corn exchange, the Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology was extended in the late 1960s by Louis Miquel, a pupil of Le Corbusier. It houses a fine collection of Egyptian and Gallo-Roman antiquities, and statues and artefacts from the Middle Ages and Renaissance. But the real highlight is the eclectic collection of paintings, by some of the greats: Drunkenness of Noah by Bellini, Lamentation over the Dead Christ by Bronzino and Scenes of Cannibalism by Goya.
Practical information
+33 3 81 87 80 67
Location
1 place de la Révolution25000 Besançon
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